Historical
Piano Concerts Series
About
the Musicians
Yi-heng Yang
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Pianist Yi-heng Yang
has been noted by The New York Times for “astonishing skill and
vividness” and maintains a diverse range of musical activities, from
performing on historical period pianos to premiering works by living
composers.
Recent recitals include performances at the Cobbe
Collection at Hatchlands, UK, Sirakawa Gallery in Japan, the Bach
Vespers Series at Trinity Lutheran Church in NYC, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art NYC, the Utrecht Early Music Festival Fringe, the Boston
Early Music Festival Fringe, and the Geelvinck Museum in Amsterdam.
Ms.
Yang was awarded first prize at the first Square Piano
Competition during the “Amsterdam Virtuosi” Festival 2011 at the
Geelvinck-Hinloopen Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and will give
a winners concert at the Finchcocks Collection in England just two weeks before her appearance here.
She was also winner of The Juilliard School’s Mozart Piano Concerto
Competition and the Haddonfield Symphony Concerto Competition, and has been
soloist with The New Juilliard Ensemble, the York Symphony Orchestra of
Toronto, and The Juilliard Orchestra, in such venues as Lincoln Center,
Avery Fisher and Alice Tully Halls.
An active chamber musician,
Yi-heng is keyboardist for the chamber music groups “Small is
Beautiful,” the Clementi Collective of period performers, and the
Elbereth Duo. She has appeared at such music festivals as Yellow Barn,
The Taos School of Music, The Banff Centre, The Apple Hill Chamber
Music Festival, Summergarden at the MoMA, and the Focus! Festival for
Contemporary Music. She is a regular faculty member at the Apple
Hill Center for Chamber Music.
Yi-heng recently completed her
doctorate in piano performance at The Juilliard School as a student of
Robert McDonald, and wrote a doctoral paper entitled “Performing
Schumann’s Piano Music: Clues from The Clara Schumann School and Period
Instruments.” In addition, she earned a Masters degree summa cum laude
in fortepiano at the Amsterdam Conservatory, under the tutelage of
renowned fortepianist Stanley Hoogland. She has recently given guest
lectures on period performance topics at schools such as the New
England Conservatory and The Juilliard School. Past piano teachers
include Yoheved Kaplinsky, Julian Martin, Marc Durand, and Sylvia
Eckes. She has also studied historical performance practice with
Malcolm Bilson, Jaap ter Linden, Menno van Delft, Therese de Goede, Bob
van Asperen, Vera Beths, David Breitman, Andrew Willis, and Audrey
Axinn.
Yi-heng was a recipient of the Harvey Fellowship (Mustard
Seed Foundation), and the Huygens Grant (NUFFIC) by the Dutch Minister
of Culture. Many of her performances this season were generously
supported by the Worldwide Musicians Fund (Holland). She currently
resides in Manchester, England with her husband, double bassist Max
Zeugner. Please take the opportunity to visit her web site
at www.yihengyang.com/ .