Bach Busoni: Chaconne 1/2 - Claire Hunagci (11.2006)

Claire Huangci was unfortunately out of the top six ranking after the third round. At the end she had just received the "Diploma of outstanding Merit" at the Hamamatsu Competition. Neverthless this unexpected disappointment hasn't affected this young lady's career on the world stage, and some of her performances in third round is truly memorable.

Her performance of Bach-Busoni Chaconne in the third round is extremely powerful and probably among the very best we have ever experienced. It is quite amazing that this interpretation is coming from a 16 year-old young lady.

Claire Huangci
Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Third Round, Nov 21, 2006

J.S. Bach: Partita Nr.2 d-moll BWV 1004
V. Ciaccona
transcripted by Busoni

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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[vkorchnoifan]

I nearly cried. A very moving performance of Chaconne

[Softestbullet]

Go upstate NY!

[MrMegazuki]

The best piano version I've heard so far.

[g7727]

This piece is my cocaine!!

[Gsus665]

@tasteism :) it´s a pitty they don´t have the technique to record those peolpe playing their own songs isn´t it

i mean....how great must a ballade nr1 sound when chopin played it his selt ?! :)

[chobeethaninov]

In my opinion, this competition was really where Claire showed the first signs of becoming the true artist she is today.

[hadsell1962]

She can't play anymore - her technic has really gone downhill - unless there any recent exceptions she's through....

[darkblueangel1956]

Questo è uno di quei capolavori in cui esiste il pericolo di imitare SEMPRE i grandi intepreti ! Questa ragaza ci è cascata ! Helene Grimaud invece NO, perché ha molte cose da dire musicalmente, infatti è molto meglio di questa Claire Huangci. Non basta studiare la tecnica, la scelta delle sonorità, stratificare le voci e i piani sonori. Esiste SEMPRE MOLTA differenza tra ottimi allievi e giovani grandi interpreti ! Ti manca l'autocritica, mia cara, studiare con musicalità analitica.

[ungava100]

It is true what you say about Helene Grimaud. However,at age 16 it was obvious that Claire played Youtube performances of Chopin better than some of her judges in Warsaw in 2010. Can anyone pronounce " gender discrimination " Mercifully, Yulianna Avdeeva so masterfully overpowered the festival that awarding it to a man would have made a laughingstock of the judges. Now hopefully women will be awarded what they earn.

[soulechene]

magnifique interprétation de cette oeuvre, mais elle ne fait pas d'ombre à celle d'Hélène Grimaud d'une profondeur incommensurable. bravo tout de même à Claire Huangci dont la vélocité est remarquable.

[moghedian7]

so far i thought michelangeli would be never matched..but this is so good. so good. i ll give it an even. and she is 16 ...oh my :D thank god for asians

[tasteism]

@baroquehippie Ok, the composer created it, everyone admires him or her for that, but, without the performer it is nothing more than a piece of paper - only the performer can turn this piece of paper back into music. And - without the performer, would we ever know the beauty of music? I mean, of Bach, Brahms, Beethoven Chopin and so on? Certainly not!