Frank Huang

Frank Xin Huang (born September 5, 1978) is a Chinese-born American violinist and teacher. Presently the concertmaster of the Houston Symphony, Huang has been appointed to the position of concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic beginning with the 2015–2016 season.[1] He has won several international music competitions, most notably the 2003 Naumburg Competition. Huang has concertized widely as a soloist, and his debut recording has been critically acclaimed. In 2009 he was appointed the first violinist of the Ying Quartet and a professor of violin and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music.[2]

Early life and musical training

Frank Huang was born in Beijing and moved to the United States with his family when he was 7. As a child in the Houston suburb of Sharpstown, Texas, he began violin lessons with his mother, then commenced study with Fredell Lack in Houston. He first soloed with orchestra at 9. At 10 he received eight curtain calls for his solo performance of Wieniawski's Scherzo Tarantelle with the Houston Youth Symphony Philharmonia Orchestra. At 11 Huang was a soloist with the Houston Symphony in a nationally broadcast performance. At 16 he enrolled in the pre-college program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Donald Weilerstein; he continued studies with Weilerstein in college and earned his Bachelor of Music degree from CIM in 2002. Subsequently he attended the Juilliard School in New York City, studying violin with Robert Mann.

Career

As a winner of several international music competitions (see "Awards and distinctions" below), Frank Huang is much in demand as a soloist, both in recital and with orchestra, and as a chamber musician. Huang performed his New York debut recital at Alice Tully Hall in 2004 to high acclaim (see "Reviews and commentary," below). He has performed as a soloist with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Genoa Orchestra, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the NDR-Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Hanover, and others. Huang has appeared on American Morning (CNN), Good Morning America (ABC), and Performance Today (National Public Radio). He has performed at many of the most prestigious music festivals in the U.S., including the Caramoor Festival, the Marlboro Music Festival, and Ravinia, and has participated in The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's CMS II program.

Awards and distinctions

Reviews and commentary

Discography

Violin Recital. With Dina Vainstein, piano. "Fantasies" by Schubert, Ernst, Schoenberg, and Franz Waxman. Naxos Records 8.557121 (recorded 2002; released 2003).

References

  1. ↑ Frank Huang to Succeed Glenn Dicterow as New York Philharmonic Concertmaster by Robin Pogrebin. The New York Times, 8 Apr 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  2. ↑ Reguero, Anna. Huang: the Ying Quartet’s Newest Member. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 27 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-27.

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