Paul Huang
黃俊文,
violist
Recipient
of the prestigious 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 2017 Lincoln
Center Award for Emerging Artists, violinist Paul Huang is quickly
gaining attention for his eloquent music making, distinctive sound, and
effortless virtuosity. The Washington Post proclaimed Mr. Huang as "an
artist with the goods for a significant career" following his recital
debut at the Kennedy Center.
His recent and forthcoming engagements include his recital debut at the
Lucerne Festival in Switzerland as well as solo appearances with the
Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev (St. Petersburg's White Nights
Festival), Berliner Symphoniker with Lior Shambadal (Philharmonie Berlin
debut), Detroit Symphony with Leonard Slatkin, Houston Symphony with
Andres Orozco-Estrada, Orchestra of St. Luke's with Carlos Miguel Prieto,
Seoul Philharmonic with Markus Stenz, and Taipei Symphony with Gilbert
Varga (both in Taipei and on a U.S. tour). This season, he will also be
making his Chicago orchestral debut at the Grant Park Music Festival, as
well as appearances with the Buffalo Philharmonic and with the
Baltimore, Alabama, Pacific, Santa Barbara, Charlotte, and Taiwan's
National Symphony Orchestras.
During the 2018-19 season, Mr. Huang will make debuts at the Hong Kong
Chamber Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and return to
the Palm Beach Chamber Music Society with the Emerson String Quartet and
pianist Gilles Vonsattel for a performance of the Chausson Concerto for
Violin, Piano, and String Quartet. In addition, Mr. Huang continues his
association with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and
Camerata Pacifica where he will present all three violin sonatas by
Johannes Brahms.
Mr. Huang's recent recital engagements included Lincoln Center's "Great
Performers" series and return enagagement at the Kennedy Center where he
premiered Conrad Tao's "Threads of Contact" for Violin and Piano during
his recital evening with pianist Orion Weiss. He also stepped in for
Midori with Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony to critical
acclaim. Mr. Huang has also made debuts at the Wigmore Hall, Seoul Arts
Center, and the Louvre in Paris.
His first solo CD, Intimate Inspiration, is a collection of favorite
virtuoso and romantic encore pieces released on the CHIMEI label. In
association with Camerata Pacifica, he recorded "Four Songs of Solitude"
for solo violin on their album of John Harbison works. The album was
released on the Harmonia Mundi label in fall 2014.
A frequent guest artist at music festivals worldwide, he has performed
at the Seattle, Music@Menlo, Caramoor, Bridgehampton, La Jolla,
Moritzburg, Kissinger Sommer, Sion, Orford Musique, and the Great
Mountains Music Festival in Korea. His collaborators have included Gil
Shaham, Cho-Liang Lin, Nobuko Imai, Lawrence Power, Maxim Rysanov,
Mischa Maisky, Jian Wang, Frans Helmerson, Lynn Harrell, Yefim Bronfman,
and Marc-Andre Hamelin.
Winner of the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Mr.
Huang made critically acclaimed recital debuts in New York and in
Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center. Other honors include First Prize
at the 2009 International Violin Competition Sion-Valais (Tibor Varga)
in Switzerland, the 2009 Chi-Mei Cultural Foundation Arts Award for
Taiwan’s Most Promising Young Artists, the 2013 Salon de Virtuosi Career
Grant, and the 2014 Classical Recording Foundation Young Artist Award.
Born in Taiwan, Mr. Huang began violin lessons at the age of seven. He
is a proud recipient of the inaugural Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard
School, where he earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees under Hyo
Kang and I-Hao Lee. He plays on the 1742 ex-Wieniawski Guarneri del Gesù
on loan through the generous efforts of the Stradivari Society of
Chicago. His website is www.paulhuangviolin.com.
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