Listen to 2023 FWC Solo Alternate Winner Zhengyi Huang, piano, perform on Classical KING’s Northwest Focus Live!
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Ladies Musical Club and Classical KING
present
Zhengyi Huang, piano
2023 Frances walton competition alternate winner
solo division
Northwest Focus Live
Friday, December 8, 2023 at 7 PM
Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
- Intermezzo in A minor. Allegro non assai, ma molto appassionato
- Intermezzo in A major. Andante teneramente
- Ballade in G minor. Allegro energico
- Intermezzo in F minor. Allegretto un poco agitato
- Romanze in F major. Andante
- Intermezzo in E♭ minor. Andante, largo e mesto
Totentanz, S.525, Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Zhengyi Huang is from Shenzhen, China. He earned his two Master of Music degrees in piano performance and in Chamber Music with Professor Logan Skelton at the University of Michigan, under a full-tuition scholarship. He is currently the only piano candidate of the prestigious Artist Diploma program at Rice University studying with Professor Jon Kimura Parker.
His competition wins for last two seasons include first prize in the Marian Garcia Piano Competition, first and audience favorite prizes in Grand Junction Concerto competition, second place in the MTNA-Steinway Young Artist National Final (After winning fist places in Michigan State and in East Central Division), first place in the Rosamond Haeberle Piano Award competition, Third place in the Settle International Competition, grand prize in Concours Européen de Piano, 1st place in the Eisemann International Young Artists Competition, grand prize in the 81st Naftzger Young Artist Competition, as well as the gold medal in the Rubato International Competition. He recently performed with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra in Colorado, and with the Richardson Symphony in Texas. He also received full tuition fellowships from Piano Texas International Festival, Rebecca Penneys Festival, and Gilmore International Festival. This fall, He is invited to give solo recitals and concerto performances in Las Vegas’s Smith Center for the performing art, Kawai Gallery in Houston, Oxford performing center in Alabama, Ann Arbor City Club in Michigan, and in the Theatre du Ranelagh in Paris, where an album will be recorded and released throughout various platforms.
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Gracie Potter is in her Senior year at the Colburn School, where she studies with David Rejano. She has performed with the LA Phil, The Phoenix Symphony, and the London Symphony Orchestra. She was a winner in the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle Competition and won the ITA Robert Marsteller Competition. She was also a finalist in the ITA Trombone Quartet Competition and a quarter finalist for the Michel Becquet International Trombone Competition. In 2022, Gracie won the Keston MAX Competition at Music Academy, placed first in the International Women’s Brass Conference Trombone Category, placed second in the Final, and won the Phoenix Brass Collective competition. She is currently a Shires Rising Artist where she has received masterclasses from world renowned musicians. In 2021, she placed 3rd overall in Ian Bousfields International Trombone Competition and became a New World sub and has been subbing with them occasionally. In 2020, she received a New Horizons Fellowship from Aspen Music Festival and School and was a recipient for the Arizona MusicFest Scholarship. This summer she attended the Tanglewood Music Center and the summer prior she attended Music Academy, where she studied with Mark Lawrence, Nitzan Haroz and Weston Sprott. During the summer of 2021 she attended the Aspen Music Festival, where she received lessons and classes with James Miller, Peter Sullivan, Per Brevig, and Timothy Higgins. She took part in chamber ensembles, trombone choir, recitals, and orchestra concerts. She also won the Concerto Competition and performed the Frank Martin Concerto for Seven Winds, Timpani, and Strings with the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra. In 2020, she attended The MasterWorks Festival, and in 2019, she was selected to be a member of the National Youth Orchestra and performed in multiple countries on the NYO European Tour.
won numerous regional competitions including the coveted Seattle Young Artist Music Festival Medal. Yvette has distinguished herself nationally as a finalist in the MTNA competition and as SFCM’s 2021/22 Concerto Competition winner. Internationally, Yvette placed 2nd at the 2020 Grumiaux International Violin Competition in Brussels and was a semi-finalist in the 2019 Louis Spohr International Violin Competition in Weimar. Recently Yvette performed in New York City at the prestigious Charlotte White’s “Salon de Virtuosi” Holiday Concert and has been sought after as a soloist in California and Tennessee. Yvette is an NPR “From The Top” Fellow and solo performer and has performed with numerous orchestras including the Seattle Symphony. She studied with Simon James, and she currently studies with Robert Lipsett at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. 