Bach, Beethoven & Brahms by Hilda Huang
Program:
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor from Book 2 of the WTC
Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
Beethoven: Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77
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Brahms: Vier Klavierstücke, Op. 119: No. 1 - Intermezzo
Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 2, No. 2: Movements II and III
J.S. Prelude and Fugue in A major from Book 1 of the WTC
Brahms: 8 Klavierstücke, Op. 76: No. 8 - Capriccio
J.S. Bach-Busoni: Ich ruf zu dir
Schubert: Moments Musicaux, No. 3 in F minor
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Selections from the Goldberg variations
About the musician:
Pianist Hilda Huang embodies an “alluring extroversion” (New York Concert Review) and achieves “philosophical depths” (West-Allgemeine Zeitung) in her interpretations of the music of J.S. Bach and more recently, L.v. Beethoven. By the age of 18 she earned the singular distinction of being awarded the first and highest prizes at all of the world’s most significant Bach competitions, and has since appeared in recital at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, BASF Ludwigshafen, and both the Leipzig and Montréal Bach Festivals as part of the Steinway Prizewinners’ Concert Network.
In the 2019-2020 season, she presents Bach’s Clavier-Ubüng 2, comprising the Italian Concerto BWV 971 and the French Overture BWV 831, at the International Holland Music Sessions, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Series and at St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Her work on the music of J.S. Bach has been featured on Michael Lawrence’s documentary film, Bach and Friends, as well as Discovery Channel’s Curiosity.com. In her debut recording, Hilda Huang performs the Bach Concerto in F minor with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for TELARC international (2008, From the Top at the Pops).
In the coming seasons, Huang presents the Diabelli Variations in celebration of Beethoven’s 250th anniversary in Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, and San Francisco. She plays “as if purely, … transforming the jagged work of the changing variations to a grand whole” (West-Allgemeine Zeitung). Following her participation as the sole American pianist in the 2019 Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven masterclass, she will present Beethoven’s 4th piano concerto with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra in their 2020-2021 New Year’s Concerts, and contribute the Op. 54 sonata to the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe’s presentation of the Beethoven piano sonatas in London.
Hilda Huang presents diverse annual recitals under the auspices of Thürmer Pianos at venues in Germany, San Francisco Noontime Recitals at Old St. Mary’s Church, and the Whitney Center in New Haven, CT. She also performs regularly as a chamber musician, having made appearances at Chamber Music Northwest, the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival, and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
Hilda Huang studies piano with Melvin Chen, and harpsichord and fortepiano with Arthur Haas at the Yale School of Music in pursuit of a Master of Musical Arts. In service to her community, she sits on the YSM Student Advisory Council, teaches a class of piano students at Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, and maintains a private studio in New Haven, CT. She has received further instruction from Bernd Goetzke, Corey Jamason, Jan Jiracek, Robert Levin, John McCarthy, András Schiff, and Benjamin Simon. Hilda Huang is a 2013 Presidential Scholar in the Arts and a 2019 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow.