Piano
A winner of the 2017 Naumburg International Piano Competition, Chinese pianist Xiaohui Yang was hailed as a "magician of sound and virtuosity" (La Libre Belgique), having been featured in performances throughout four continents, including in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Ozawa Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Seoul Arts Center. Ms. Yang has been a soloist with ensembles such as the Louisiana Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Curtis Symphony, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and Poland's Capella Bydgostiensis. Solo and collaborative performances include recitals for Portland Piano International, Shriver Hall Concert Series (Baltimore), Union College Concert Series (Schenectady, NY), Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts (Chicago) and Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts (Katonah, NY). Ms. Yang has been in residence at important music festivals, such as Marlboro, Tanglewood, Ravinia and Taos. She has also been invited to perform on tours with Ravinia's Steans Music Institute and Curtis on Tour at concert halls in the United States, Korea, and Greece. Ms. Yang is a founding member of the Steans Piano Trio, alongside Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra violinist Eunice Kim and Boston Symphony Orchestra Assistant Principal cellist Oliver Aldort. She studied with Ignat Solzhenitsyn at the Curtis Institute of Music, Robert McDonald at the Juilliard School, and Boris Slutsky at the Peabody Conservatory. Xiaohui Yang lives in Tacoma, WA, where she is faculty at the University of Puget Sound.
