The 27th Annual Music Festival at Walnut Hill
胡桃山音樂營
July 19 to
August 12, 2018
Concerts
and Master Classes
Admission free.
Suggested Donation $5 at door
Ludwig
van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101
I Allegretto, ma non troppo
II Vivace alla marcia
III Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
IV Allegro
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60
Sergei Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
I Young Juliet
II Mercutio
III Montagues and Capulets
—Intermission—
Frédéric
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53
Frédéric Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 59
No. 1 in A minor
No. 2 in A-flat Major
No. 3 in F-sharp minor
Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
I Ondine
II Le Gibet
III Scarbo
Steinway piano provided by M. Steinert & Sons
Meet The Artists
19-year-old
Chinese-Canadian pianist TONY YIKE YANG is emerging as one of the
foremost pianists of the younger generation. As a frequent prizewinner,
Yang garnered 5th Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin
Piano Competition at age 16, the youngest-ever laureate of the competition.
Recently, Yang was also awarded the Jury Discretionary Award at
the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, where he was
the youngest competitor. In previous years, Yang has won top prizes
at the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Piano Competition (Oberlin,
2014), the Bosendorfer and Yamaha USASU International Junior Piano
Competition (Phoenix, 2013), the Hilton Head International Young
Artists Piano Competition (Hilton Head, 2013), the Gina Bachauer
International Junior Piano Competition (Salt Lake City, 2012), and
the Canadian National Chopin Competition (Toronto, 2014).
Yang has performed extensively in Canada and the United States,
and has made numerous appearances in Europe and Asia. Aside from
his appearances at festivals and gala events, a few highlights include
performances for Her Royal Highness Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall,
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Polish President Andrzej
Duda.
Yang has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Warsaw National
Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain, Fort Worth Symphony
Orchestra, Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra,
Toronto Sinfonietta, Toronto Festival Orchestra, and the Royal Conservatory
of Music’s Academy Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he has also
performed at the Chopin and His Europe International Music Festival,
Rockport Music Festival, Oberlin-Lake Como Academy, Festival de
Lanaudière, Stratford Summer Music Festival, Canadian Chopin Festival,
Bravo Niagara, Wintergreen Music, and the International Niagara
Music Festival, among others.
Yang’s
debut album, Tony Yike Yang – Chopin: Sonata B-Moll / Ballada F-Moll
/ Mazurki, was released in August 2016 on the Fryderyk Chopin Institute’s
Blue Series. The tracks are from Yang's live performance in the
second and third stages of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in October
2015. The album includes an editorial review by the Chopin Institute
noting how Yang's extraordinary account of the Barcarolle in F sharp
minor, Op. 60 captivated audiences in Poland and across the world.
Yang has been featured on many television programs, including the
"Inspiration Generation" series on Global TV, where he was selected
as one of six outstanding Canadian young people. In 2016, Yang was
named CBC Music’s Classical Young Artist.
Yang is currently pursuing a dual-degree in Economics and Piano
Performance through the Harvard University-New England Conservatory
of Music Joint-Degree Program, where he studies piano with Prof.
Wha Kyung Byun. In the past, he was a full-scholarship student at
the Juilliard Pre-College School with Julian Martin, as well as
at the Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy of the Royal Conservatory
of Music with James Anagnoson.
Thank you
for your generous contribution to
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts
updated 2018
19-year-old
Chinese-Canadian pianist TONY YIKE YANG is emerging as one of the
foremost pianists of the younger generation. As a frequent prizewinner,
Yang garnered 5th Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin
Piano Competition at age 16, the youngest-ever laureate of the competition.
Yang’s
debut album, Tony Yike Yang – Chopin: Sonata B-Moll / Ballada F-Moll
/ Mazurki, was released in August 2016 on the Fryderyk Chopin Institute’s
Blue Series. The tracks are from Yang's live performance in the
second and third stages of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in October
2015. The album includes an editorial review by the Chopin Institute
noting how Yang's extraordinary account of the Barcarolle in F sharp
minor, Op. 60 captivated audiences in Poland and across the world.
