Huang to perform during Powell Piano Series in Mathes Hall

Award-winning international pianist Chu-Fang Huang will perform in East Tennessee State University's fall Powell Piano Series on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in Mathes Hall.
Now 23, she began her piano studies at age 7 in her native China and attended the pre-college division of Shenyang Music Conservatory, winning first prize in the Chinese Prodigy Piano Competition.
Huang captured the attention of the musical world by becoming the first Chinese pianist to win a gold medal in the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition, only two months after being named a finalist in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Since then, she has won numerous top prizes in contests in Hong Kong, Australia, China and the United States.
The acclaimed pianist has appeared as a soloist with symphony orchestras in major cities throughout China and the U.S. Her radio performances include the Australian Broadcast Corporation's "Young Artists Series," WFMT in Chicago and National Public Radio's "Performance Today."
She has made recordings for the Alpine and Camus labels and will soon make a recording for international distribution on the Naxos label.
Huang earned her bachelor's degree in 2004 at the Curtis Institute of Music and her master's degree, as well as the Artur Rubinstein Graduate Award, from The Juilliard School.
Her ETSU performance will feature works by Scarlatti, Schumann, Haydn and Ravel, and is part of her concert tour of over 100 appearances in the U.S. and abroad, including recitals at New York's Carnegie Hall and Merkin Hall, Boston's Gardner Museum and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in addition to a guest appearance at the Chopin Festival in Poland.
"Chu-Fang Huang is among the most confident and accomplished young pianists around, and her [Kennedy Center Concert] gave evidence of a distinct artistic personality operating comfortably in many different kinds of music. Indeed, this was music making on a grand level: Huang's playing is strong, assertive . . . and bursting with energy and intensity," writes The Washington Post.
Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens. For tickets, more information, or special assistance for those with disabilities, call the Department of Music at (423) 439-4276.