|
The 26th Annual Music Festival at Walnut Hill
胡桃山音樂營
July 20 to August 13, 2017 |
|
Concerts
and Master Classes
Friday, August 4, 2017, 7:30 PM
at Boswell Recital Hall
Walnut Hill School, Natick, MA
Hsin-Yun Huang
黃心芸,
violist
Lecture / Demonstration
“Baroque ideas, modern means
- a musical journey”
|
Hsin-Yun Huang
黃心芸, Violist
http://hsinyunhuang.com
Hsin-Yun
Huang has forged a career as one of the leading violists of her
generation, performing on international concert stages,
commissioning and recording new works, and nurturing young
musicians. Ms. Huang has been soloist with the Berlin Radio
Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Taiwan Philharmonic, the
Russian State Symphony, Zagreb Soloist International
Contemporary Ensemble; and the London Sinfonia, among many
others. She performs regularly at festivals, including Marlboro,
Santa Fe, Rome Chamber Music Festival, and Spoleto USA. Other
festivals include Moritzburg, Divonne, Cartagena, Prague Spring,
Telluride, and Salt Bay, among many others. She tours
extensively with the Brentano String Quartet, most notably
including performances of the complete Mozart string quintets at
Carnegie Hall.
Ms. Huang was the Artistic Director of the Sejong International
Music Festival which took place at the Curtis Institute of Music
from 2013-15. The 2014-2015 season will bring the debut of a
series of three chamber concerts presented by the 92nd Street Y.
Other recent highlights include complete Hindemith Viola
Concerti with the Taiwan Philharmonic and Taipei City Symphony;
concerto appearances in the Alice Tully Hall and Central Park of
New York City.
Ms. Huang has in recent years embarked on a series of major
commissioning projects for solo viola and chamber ensemble. To
date, these works include compositions from Steven Mackey
(Groundswell), which premiered at the Aspen Festival. Shih-Hui
Chen (Shu Shon Key) and Poul Ruders (Romances) Ms. Huang’s 2012
recording, titled “Viola Viola,” for Bridge Records, included
those works along with compositions by Elliott Carter and George
Benjamin; the CD has won particular accolades from Gramophone
and BBC Music Magazine.
A native of Taiwan and an alumna of Young Concert Artists, Ms.
Huang received degrees from The Juilliard School and The Curtis
Institute of Music. She has given master classes at the
Guildhall School in London, the Royal Conservatory of Music in
Toronto, the San Francisco Conservatory, and the McDuffie Center
for Strings at Mercer University. She served on the jury of the
2011 Banff International String Quartet Competition as well as
the 2015 Honen’s Piano Competition as a Collaborative Artist.
Ms. Huang first came to international attention as the gold
medalist and the youngest competitor in the 1988 Lionel Tertis
International Viola Competition. In 1993 she was the top prize
winner in the ARD International Competition in Munich, and was
awarded the highly prestigious Bunkamura Orchard Hall Award. Ms.
Huang was a member of the Borromeo String Quartet from 1994 to
2000. She is a founding member of the Variation String Trio with
violinist Jennifer Koh and cellist Wilhelmina Smith. Ms. Huang
now serves on the faculty of the Juilliard School and the Curtis
Institute of Music. She is married to Misha Amory, violist of
the Brentano String Quartet. They live in New York City with
their two children, Lucas and Leah. |
|
|
|
Thank you
for your generous contribution to
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
|
|
|
中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts
updated 2017 |
|
|