Pianist David Fung reaches finals of Queen Elisabeth Competition
Pianist David Fung ’11MM, ’12MMA has been selected to compete in the final round of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium. ”I am absolutely thrilled and humbled,” he said in an email. Video of his performance in the semifinal around is available here. Fung will compete in the finals this Friday, May 31 at the Palais [...]
Suzana Bartal wins NYCA Concerto Competition
Suzana Bartal has been named the winner of the NYCA (New York Concert Artists and Associates) Concerto Competition. There have been three rounds: the first one – preliminary on recording, and semifinal and final live auditions in New York. 12 pianists advanced to the semifinals and 4 to the finals As the winner, Bartal will [...]
American Pianists Association names Sean Chen winner of 2013 Classical Fellowship
Further APA performance in NYC, April 25, plus broadcasts The American Pianists Association has named Sean Chen ’14AD the winner of its yearlong competition. As the APA’s 2013 Christel DeHaan Classical Fellow, Chen is the recipient of a prize valued at more than $100,000 – one of the most lucrative available to an American pianist. An [...]
Naomi Woo ’13MM awarded prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Will pursue postgraduate study at Cambridge University, U.K. Naomi Woo ’13MM has been selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar. This October, she will pursue an M.Phil. in music studies at Cambridge University, U.K., where she will research musical performance and scholarship. This prestigious honor is extremely competitive; the fifty-one successful candidates were selected from a [...]
Pianists Richard and John Contiguglia win Grand Prix du Disque
Duo pianists Richard and John Contiguglia (both ’59BA, ’61MM) are the winners of the 2012 Grand Prix du Disque, awarded last October by the Liszt Society of Hungary. The award-winning disc features Liszt’s Operatic Fantasies and Bartók’s Suite for Two Pianos. The brothers noted, “Early in our career as a professional duo-piano team we discovered duos of [...]
Violinist Kyung Yu and pianist Elizabeth Parisot perform Feb. 8th
Concert features music by Bach, Strauss, and Saint-Saëns UPDATE 2/8/2013: Because of the snowstorm, this concert has been postponed to Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 8 pm. New Haven, CT |The Yale School of Music’s Faculty Artist Series presents violinist Kyung Yu and pianist Elizabeth Parisot on Friday, February 8th, 2013 at 8 pm. The [...]
Emanuel Ax performs Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Chopin Feb. 6
The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Emanuel Ax on Wednesday, February 6. Ax, “a musician of scope and confidence” (Post-Gazette), will perform a program of music by Beethoven, Schoenberg, and Chopin. This concert will open Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 2, No. 2 in A major, whose [...]
Pianist Lindsay Garritson takes third prize in Bosendorfer ASU piano competition
Lindsay Garritson ’10MM, ’11AD won the bronze medal at the Bosendorfer ASU Piano Competition this past Sunday, January 13. The competition took place at the ASU School of Music in Tempe, Arizona. Forty-two outstanding pianists from around the globe traveled to Tempe, Ariz. in January as the ASU School of Music in the Herberger Institute [...]
Peter Frankl performs music of Schubert and Debussy Dec. 12
Concert also features Ettore Causa, viola The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by Peter Frankl, hailed by Auditorium as “not a mere pianist, but a true artist.” The recital, which focuses on the music of Schubert and Debussy, takes place Wednesday, December 12 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall. The concert opens [...]
Hung-Kuan Chen performs Brahms, Schumann & more Nov. 28
“A virtuoso… with an enormous palette of tone colors.” ––Boston Globe New Haven, CT | The Horowitz Piano Series at the Yale School of Music presents a recital by the pianist Hung-Kuan Chen on Wednesday, November 28. Chen, a faculty member hailed by the Boston Globe as “a deeply probing, imaginative player with an enormous palette of tone [...]
YSM pianists take home prizes in San Antonio International Piano Competition
Pianist Lo-An Lin, a student of Hung-Kuan Chen, took home the Gold Medal and the prize for best performance of a Baroque work at the 2012 San Antonio International Piano Competition this past weekend. Mei Rui ’06MM, ’07AD earned Special Recognition and the prize for best performance of a Classical work. As the Gold Medal winner, Lin [...]
Yves Henry performs on historical pianos at the Collection Oct. 28
“Smooth virtuosity… a real ability to stage-manage musical line.” –The New York Times The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments presents the New Haven debut of French pianist Yves Henry on Sunday, October 28. The recital will explore the musical colors of pieces by Chopin and Debussy on two of the Collection’s French pianos. Mr. Henry [...]
Fifteen-year-old pianist Niu Niu performs Sept. 23
“…Intense lyricism and an uncanny insight.” – Financial Times The Yale School of Music presents the teenage piano star Niu Niu in a special concert on Sunday, September 23 at 5 pm. The 15-year-old pianist, hailed not only for his virtuosity but for the elegance and sensitivity of his playing, will perform music of Scarlatti, Beethoven, [...]
New translation of Boris Berman’s Notes from the Pianist’s Bench
Boris Berman’s book Notes from the Pianist’s Bench has been released by Shanghai Press in a new translation. Professor Beiwha Tang of the Shanghai Conservatory has translated the book into Chinese (simplified characters). The book, originally published in 2001 by Yale University Press, had previously been translated into Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese (traditional characters). [...]
Melvin Chen returns to Yale
Melvin Chen has been appointed Associate Professor of Piano (adjunct) at the Yale School of Music. In announcing this faculty position, Dean Robert Blocker has also appointed Chen to serve as Deputy Dean of the School. Blocker commented: “Melvin Chen’s longstanding relationship with Yale College and the School of Music, his international profile as an [...]
Dmitri Novgorodsky ’03DMA to join faculty of SUNY-Fredonia
Dmitri Novgorodsky ’94MM, ’99MMA, ’03DMA, a pianist, has been appointed to the faculty of the School of Music at SUNY-Fredonia. Novgorodsky will be Assistant Professor of Music, a tenure-track position. For the past three years, Novgorodsky has served on the piano faculty at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. He has also taught at [...]
Reinis Zarins '09CERT wins Great Latvian Music Award 2011
Pianist Reinis Zarins ’09CERT was recently awarded the Great Latvian Music Award 2011 in the category of Outstanding Interpretation. The award is the highest state recognition in the field of classical music in Latvia. Zarins received the award for three interpretations: a solo recital (Bach+Messiaen and Kenins+Schumann), a concerto (Mozart’s Concerto in G major, K. [...]
Pianist Wing-Chong Kam plays Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, Chopin Oct. 20
The Yale School of Music presents the Hong Kong-born pianist Wing-Chong Kam in a Doctor of Musical Arts recital on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Kam will perform music of Mozart, Brahms, Chopin, and Debussy. His recital will take place at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall, located in Sprague Hall at 470 College Street (corner [...]
Pianist Greg Anderson performs music from Bach to Radiohead
Sep. 29 Doctor of Musical Arts recital also features Anderson & Roe Duo The Yale School of Music presents the pianist Greg Anderson in a Doctor of Musical Arts recital on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 8 pm in Morse Recital Hall (located in Sprague Hall at 470 College Street). Known for his adventurous programming, [...]
Two incoming pianists take home prizes in TSO Piano Competition
The first and second prizes in the 2011 Toronto Symphony Orchestra National Piano Competition went to two incoming students at the Yale School of Music. Charles Richard-Hamelin ’13MM won first prize, which includes the opportunity to perform a concerto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Roy Thomson Hall. He will play Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto [...]
Esther Park ’12AD wins second prize in Ima Hogg Competition
Esther Park ’12AD won the second prize in the Houston Symphony’s Ima Hogg Young Artists Competition, held June 2–4 at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. In addition to receiving the $2,500 Houston Symphony League Jerry Priest Award, Park will play Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Houston Symphony. Her performance will [...]
YSM pianists win prizes in Montreal Competition
Lindsay Garritson ’10MM, ’11AD won Second Prize in the 2011 Montreal International Musical Competition. Incoming Artist Diploma student Henry Kramer won the third prize. The competition’s first prize went to Italian pianist Beatrice Rana. In the final round, Garritson played Prokofiev’s Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16. Kramer performed Ravel’s Concerto in G [...]
Ryo Yanagitani ’08MMA appointed to faculty at University of British Columbia
Ryo Yanagitani ’04MM, ’05AD, ’08MMA has been appointed Assistant Professor of Piano at University of British Columbia School of Music. He will begin teaching this fall. Ryo Yanagitani received his bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the University of British Columbia under Doctor Henri-Paul Sicsic, a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of [...]
Clara Yang ’06MM, ’07AD joins UNC faculty
Pianist Clara Yang ’06MM, ’07AD has joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the music department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Praised by Peninsula Reviews for her “superb technique and extraordinary musical understanding,” Clara Yang has performed in venues such as the Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Remonstrantse Kerk in [...]
