Claire Huangci (;钢琴家：珂莱? 黄慈 CCTV.com. July 24, 2007. Retrieved January 25, 2019. born March 22, 1990) is an American classical pianist. She lives in Frankfurt am Main.
Early life Huangci was born in Rochester, New York to Chinese immigrant parents, both scientists. Claire started playing piano at the age of six. 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 Huangci was supported with scholarships from DAAD and the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben for two years.All Music: Claire Huanci, Biography, retrieved November 10, 2019 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.
Career Huangci won First Prize in the 2009 Europäischer Chopin Klavierwettbewerb in DarmstadtTop Stories. dw.de and the Orpheum Music Prize in Zurich; the First and Special Prize at the 2010 National Chopin Competition in Miami, Florida, US, and the Second Prize at the 2011 ARD International Music Competition as its youngest participant.ARD International Music Competition 2011 Huangci was also a finalist in the 2010 Queen Elisabeth Competition. In 2018 she won the Concours Geza Anda in Zurich
Orchestras and performances Huangci 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.
Discography In 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.
In 2019 she released a CD of concertos by Chopin and Paderewski. Publishing DateRecording DateAlbum titleInhaltOther ArtistsPublisherCatalogue No.09.08.20132013The Sleeping Beauty – Ballet TranscriptionsPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker (Act 2, No. 14); Sergei Prokofiev: Ten Pieces from Romeo and JulietBerlin Classics0300548BC10.04.20152015Domenico Scarlatti – Piano SonatasDomenico Scarlatti: Piano sonatasBerlin ClassicsB00UILS96I05.05.20172017A Chopin Diary – The Complete NocturnesFrédéric Chopin: Nocturnes Nos. 1–21, Nocturne oubliée in C-sharp minor (Larghetto), Étude in C-sharp minor op. 25 (7)Tristan CornutBerlin ClassicsB01LXE41EY05.01.20182017Dmitry Kabalevsky: Fantasy in F minor (based on Franz Schubert's Fantasia in F minor)Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien conducted by Cornelius MeisterBerlin Classics2531 12623.02.20182017Beethoven RaritiesLudwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto in D major, op. 61a (Transkription des Violin Concerto), Musik zu einem Ritterballett Nr. 1–12, Wellington's Victory (Parts 1/2)Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt conducted by Howard GriffithsRondeau4-037408-01521-928.09.20182018The Rachmaninoff PreludesSergei Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3, no. 2; Preludes, Opp. 23 and 32Berlin Classics0301075BC23.08.20192019Paderewski and Chopin: Piano ConcertosChopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor and Paderewski Piano Concerto in A minorDeutsche Radio Philharmonie conducted by Shiyeon SungBerlin ClassicsB07T4RYMLT14.08.20202020Trio Machiavelli: Ravel and ChaussonMaurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor; Ernest Chausson: Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 30Solenne Païdassi, Tristan Cornut, Adrien BoisseauBerlin Classics19.03.20212020Pastorale Beethoven: Symphony No.6, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (arr. Liszt)Berlin Classics30.04.20212020Cipriani Potter: Orchestral WorksSymphony No. 1 in G minor, Introduction conducted by Rondo alla militaire for piano and orchestra in E-flat majorBBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Howard GriffithCPOB0915V5NNB10.09.20212021Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccatas and FuguesToccata in D minor (arr. Busoni), Toccatas BWV 910-916Berlin Classics0302016BC18.02.20222021Mendelssohn: Works for Violin and PianoConcerto 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 GriffithBerlin Classics17.03.20232023Beethoven: Septet and EroicaBeethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica", Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20CHAARTS Chamber ArtistsBerlin Classics12.05.20232021Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15, 16 and 17Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15, 16 and 17Mozarteumorchester Salzburg conducted by Howard GriffithsAlphaALPHA92820.08.20232023METASchubert Sonatas D. 894, 958, 959, 960, Drei Klavierstücke D. 946, 4 Lieder, Aufenthalt and Liebsbotschaft by LisztThomas BauerBerlin Classics20.09.20242024Made in USA: Gershwin, Beach & BarberGeorge Gershwin (u. a. Rhapsody in Blue), Amy Beach (Variations on Balkan Themes), Samuel Barber (Klaviersonate op. 26), Earl Wild (Virtuoso Etudes über Gershwin-Lieder)AlphaALPHA107130.01.20262025Piano HeroinesFanny Mendelssohn, Amy Beach, Florence PriceAlphaALPHA1231
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Yamaha Artists 15 Questions to Claire Huangci