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Claire Huangci
12+ albums
American classical pianistbaroquepianoinstrumentalClassical
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Claire Huangci (born March 22, 1990) is an American classical pianist. ] Huangci was born in Rochester, New York to Chinese parents who are both scientists.[citation needed] Their areas of study include biochemistry and structural chemistry. She received a grand piano as a gift for her 6th birthday. Until she was 11 years old Huangci studied with pianist Ursula Ingolfsson-Fassbind at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. During these years she was featured on FOX news as a child prodigy with "the skills of a professional pianist", and won many local concerto competitions. At 8 years old, 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.[citation needed] Education[edit]Huangci was supported with scholarships from DAAD and Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben for two years.[citation needed] Having completed four years of study at The Curtis Institute of Music, she continued her music education in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover under Professor Arie Vardi, beginning in October 2007. Career[edit] Huangci won First Prize in the 2009 Europäischer Chopin Klavierwettbewerb in Darmstadt[1] and the Orpheum Music Prize in Zurich; the First and Special Prize at the 2010 National Chopin Competition in Miami, USA,[2] and the Second Prize at the 2011 ARD International Music Competition as its young
top songs
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Four Sketches, Op. 15: No. 3, Dreaming
2282Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother, Op. 108
1643Das Jahr, H. 385: No. 5, May. Frühlingslied
1484Rhapsody in Blue (Solo Piano Version)
1405Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1
13865 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 no. 2: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
1347Toccata in G Major, BWV 916: Adagio
1298Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60: Variation IV. Andante alla Barcarola
1279Allegro
10410Capriccio in B Minor, H. 349: I. Andante
98albums
Made in USA: Gershwin, Beach & Barber
Piano Heroines
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Paderewski and Chopin: Piano Concertos
Domenico Scarlatti: Piano Sonatas
A Chopin Diary (Complete Nocturnes)
Bach: Toccatas
Rachmaninov: The Preludes
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Trio Machiavelli: Ravel & Chausson
Schubert - Meta
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 15, 16, 17 (KV 450, 451, 453)
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Mendelssohn: Works for Violin and Piano
The Sleeping Beauty (Ballet Trancriptions)