Claire Huangci (born March 22, 1990) is an American classical pianist. She lives in Frankfurt am Main.[1]
Claire Huangci | |
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 Huangci at an autograph session in Lucerne 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | March 22, 1990 Rochester, New York, United States |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Berlin Classics |
| Website | clairehuangci |
Early life
editHuangci (Chinese: 黃慈; pinyin: Huáng Cí[2]) was born in Rochester, New York to Chinese immigrant parents, both scientists. Claire started playing piano at the age of six.[3] Until she was 11 years old, Huangci studied with pianist Ursula Ingolfsson-Fassbind at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. Aged 8, she won a gold medal at the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati, being the youngest medalist in the pre-college division to perform with an orchestra at the prize winners’ concert of the International division.
Education
editHuangci was supported with scholarships from DAAD and the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben for two years.[4] Having completed four years of study at The Curtis Institute of Music from 2003 to 2007 where she studied together with notable pianists such as Yuja Wang under Gary Graffman, she continued her musical education in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Professor Arie Vardi from 2007 to 2016.[5]
Career
editHuangci won First Prize in the 2009 Europäischer Chopin Klavierwettbewerb in Darmstadt[6] and the Orpheum Music Prize in Zurich; the First and Special Prize at the 2010 National Chopin Competition in Miami, Florida, USA,[7] and the Second Prize at the 2011 ARD International Music Competition as its youngest participant.[8] In 2018 she won the Concours Geza Anda in Zurich [9]
Orchestras and performances
editHuangci has appeared as a soloist performing with well-known orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sir Roger Norrington, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Vancouver Symphony, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the China Philharmonic, the Cannes Orchestre, the St. Petersburg Symphony, the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie, the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, and the Santa Fe Symphony as well as the Istanbul State Symphony. She has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Zürich Tonhalle, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gasteig Munich, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Salle Cortot Paris, Oji Hall in Tokyo and Symphony Hall in Osaka.Additionally, she is a guest artist at festivals such as the Kissinger Sommer, Verbier, Ravinia, Łódź Rubinstein Festival, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Mozartfest Würzburg and the Schwetzinger Festspiele.[10]
Discography
editIn the summer of 2013, Huangci released her solo debut recording of solo works by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev under the Berlin Classics label. She has released a second solo album in 2015 featuring sonatas by Scarlatti.[11]
In 2019 she released a CD of concertos by Chopin and Paderewski.
| Publishing Date | Recording Date | Album title | Inhalt | Other Artists | Publisher | Catalogue No. |
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| 09.08.2013 | 2013 | The Sleeping Beauty – Ballet Transcriptions | Peter Tschaikowsky: Dornröschen op. 66, Der Nussknacker op. 71 (Akt 2, Nr. 14); Sergei Prokofjew: 10 Klavierstücke aus Romeo und Julia | Berlin Classics | 0300548BC | |
| 10.04.2015 | 2015 | Domenico Scarlatti – Piano Sonatas | Domenico Scarlatti: Sonaten für Klavier | Berlin Classics | B00UILS96I | |
| 05.05.2017 | 2017 | A Chopin Diary – The Complete Nocturnes | Frédéric Chopin: Nocturnes Nr. 1–21, Nocturne Oubliée cis-Moll (Larghetto), Étude cis-Moll op. 25 (7) | Tristan Cornut | Berlin Classics | B01LXE41EY |
| 05.01.2018 | 2017 | Dmitri Kabalewski: Fantasie f-Moll (nach Schuberts Fantasie D 940) | Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien unter Cornelius Meister | Berlin Classics | 2531 126 | |
| 23.02.2018 | 2017 | Beethoven Rarities | Ludwig van Beethoven: Klavierkonzert D-Dur op. 61a (Transkription des Violinkonzerts op. 61), Musik zu einem Ritterballett Nr. 1–12, Wellingtons Sieg op. 91 (Teile 1/2) | Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt unter Howard Griffiths | Rondeau | 4-037408-01521-9 |
| 28.09.2018 | 2018 | The Rachmaninov Preludes | Sergei Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3 (Nr. 2), 10 Préludes op. 23, 13 Préludes op. 32 | Berlin Classics | 0301075BC | |
| 23.08.2019 | 2019 | Paderewski & Chopin: Piano Concertos | Chopin Klavierkonzert No. 1 in e-moll und Paderewski Klavierkonzert in a-moll | Deutsche Radio Philharmonie unter Shiyeon Sung | Berlin Classics | B07T4RYMLT |
| 14.08.2020 | 2020 | Trio Machiavelli: Ravel & Chausson | Maurice Ravel: Klaviertrio a-Moll & Ernest Chausson: Klavierquartett A-Dur op. 30 | Solenne Païdassi, Tristan Cornut, Adrien Boisseau | Berlin Classics | |
| 19.03.2021 | 2020 | Pastorale | Symphony No.6, Op. 68 "Pastorale" (Arr. von Liszt) | Berlin Classics | ||
| 30.04.2021 | 2020 | Cipriani Potter: Orchestral Works | Symphonie Nr.1 g-moll, Introduktion und Rondo alla militaire für Klavier und Orchester Es-Dur | BBC National Orchestra of Wales unter Howard Griffith | CPO | B0915V5NNB |
| 10.09.2021 | 2021 | Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccatas und Fugen | Toccata in d-Moll, Busoni-Transkription von BWV 565, Toccaten BWV 910-916 | Berlin Classics | 0302016BC | |
| 18.02.2022 | 2021 | Mendelssohn: Works for Violin and Piano | Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra in D Minor, Violin Sonata in F Minor, Op. 4, Violin Sonata in F Major (1st version, 1838) | Violin: Marc Bouchkov, Conductor: Howard Griffith | Berlin Classics | |
| 17.03.2023 | 2023 | Beethoven: Septett & Eroica | Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica", Septett E-Flat Major, Op. 20 | CHAARTS Chamber Artists | Berlin Classics | |
| 12.05.2023 | 2021 | Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15, 16 & 17 | Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15, 16 & 17 | Mozarteumorchester Salzburg & Howard Griffiths | Alpha | ALPHA928 |
| 20.08.2023 | 2023 | META | Schubert Sonatas 894, 958, 959, 960, Drei Klavierstücke 946, 4 Lieder, Aufenthalt and Liebsbotschaft by Liszt | Thomas Bauer | Berlin Classics |
References
edit- ^ Holze, Guido. "Claire Huangci: "Spielen wie ein dicker Russe"". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
- ^ 钢琴家：珂莱? 黄慈 CCTV.com. July 24, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2019. (in Chinese)
- ^ "Pianistin Claire Huanggci, BR Klassik (Bayerischer Rundfunk)" (in German). March 3, 2018. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ All Music: Claire Huanci, Biography, retrieved November 10, 2019
- ^ "Concours Geza Anda, Biography Claire Huangci". Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ Top Stories. dw.de
- ^ "2010 – 8th Competition". Chopin Foundation of the United States. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ ARD International Music Competition 2011
- ^ "Überragende Siegerin - Claire Huangci gewinnt den Concours Géza Anda, SRF, June 13, 2018" (in German). Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ https://portraits.klassik.com/people/template.cfm?KID=17091&people=artist&Interpret=Huangci Biography Claire Huangci, Klassik.com (in German)
- ^ "Concours Geza Anda, Biography Claire Huangci". Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
