Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan 2/2 - Claire Huangci (11.2006)

Claire Huangci
Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Second Round, Nov 17 2006

Born in Rochester, New York in 1990, this young lady pianist Claire Huangci is coming from a Chinese American family of scientists.

Claire Huangci performed on Concerto Winderstein Munchen's acclaimed 'Klassik Vor Acht' Series at the Herkulessaal, in Ludwigshafen's Matinee, at the Morocco Festival both solo and concerto appearances with the National Orchestre du Morocco, at the Goslar Festival of Germany, twice at the Salle Cortot of Paris, Yamaha Paris and in other European venues. She also made a radio recording for the Bayerische Rundfunk Station of Germany. In March, Claire returned to China where she replaced pianist Yundi Li in performances with the China Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of noted pianist/conductor Shi Shucheng, performing Grieg's Piano Concerto, which were broadcast nationwide on CCTV. She was also invited to perform with the Sudwestdeusche Philharmonie Orchestre in Konstanz Germany and Schaffhausen, Switzerland the Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 2 in April of 2007. In May 2007, Claire participated in the Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition where she was the youngest contestant present. American performances include debuts with the New York Sinfonietta Orchestra, Helena Symphony, and Springfield Symphony and recitals at the Yamaha Artists Salon, choenberg Hall, and Kaufmann Center on NYC's 92nd street Y, among many others. Upcoming performances include extensive tours throughout different cities in Japan, China, and Israel, recitals in Hanover, Salzburg, Frankfurt, and Baden-Baden Germany, and concerts in Warsaw, Poland, Bruges, Belgium, and Paris, France.

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[marrieter08]

i think the reasonb why she did not get the first place is that she plays too mechanical, there were no emotions involved on her playing and she looks a little bit dour........... don't you think

[win081]

I won't say that. Her ranking was #1 at the end of the second run of the competition. Her performance in the second run was simply flawless.

But, she fell far behind in the third run (final), that was why she didn't get the ranking at the end.

Her "Musica Nara fro Piano" in the second run bought its composer, Ms. Minako Tokuyama, into tears.

[win081]

BTW, who wants to put the "emotion" in the "Réminiscences de Don Juan"?!

You want the "energy" and "precision" in this piece, kiddo!

[fionasapple]

such a stupid and sexist comment!

[AmericanCars101]

Musicpiano14 comment) for a women that's pretty good? You must live in saudi arabia!.

[utubuser10]

good, but no yuja wang...

[konigstephan]

And oh... Hope her name will get corrected in the title of this video :-)

[konigstephan]

The Don Juan Reminiscences at 16??? Simply out of this world...

With those chromatic thirds, impossible leaps and all... Anybody, I mean ANYBODY who's not seeing this as a truly outstanding feat doesn't know anything about piano or music. Period.

[jackewiebohne]

hate the altered version, why the hell is no one playing the original?

[fanjiatia]

Says who? She distorts the phrases so much!

[gouloum2222]

there is stg a little bit annoying about her play. imho it's always overplayed. you know like rits. then accelerando. P then FF... even if the piece doesn't ask it. i don't know if ive made myself clear enough ^^ i'm french and it's hard to make critics in english -_-

[mrvinass]

oh shit! BRAVO!

[dynamo116]

10 stars!!