TECRO PRESS RELEASE 20190415
The Embassy Series Presents Taiwanese Violinist I-Jung Huang and Pianist Chuang-Chuang Peter Fang at Anderson House on May 24th, 2019
As part of the Embassy Series, Taiwanese violinist I-Jung Huang and Pianist Chuang-Chuang Peter Fang will perform at Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. on Friday, May 24, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The program includes Vitali: Chacone; Schubert: Duo Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major; Lutosławski Subito for Violin and Piano; Franck: Sonata for Piano and Violin in A major.
Taiwanese violinist I-Jung Huang is the top prizewinner of the 2017 Ima Hogg Concerto Competition, the 2016 Hudson Valley String Competition and the Laureate of the 2015 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. She appeared as a soloist with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic; the Taiwan Philharmonic, and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. During the school year of 2013-2014, she joined the Community Partnership Program at the New England Conservatory with the Gioviale Quartet. She is actively organizing theme-based music projects in the United States, which bring out her creativity and passion about sharing music. Her project “TwoBows” has received partial funding through a Juilliard Project Grant, which is a house concert tour programmed with a unique chamber music repertoire, focusing on music that is unknown or underplayed.
I-Jung Huang is a grant recipient of The Juilliard Career Grant and the 2018 Chimei Arts Award, and has been selected as a Young Artist in “2017 Music Star” in Taiwan. A recent graduate of The Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory, she has studied with Donald Weilerstein and Daniel Phillips, Miriam Fried and Nanette Chen.
The Embassy Series Information:
I-JUNG HUANG, VIOLIN
CHUANG-CHUANG PETER FANG, PIANO
Friday, May 24, 2019, 7:00pm
7:00pm- pre-concert lecture
7:30pm- Concert
ANDERSON HOUSE
2118 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20008
Tickets are $90. For details, visit embassyseries.org
