PICTURES

PROGRAMME

P. I. CAJKOVSKIJ
(1840-1893)
Elegia in G Major

"Serenata
Malinconica" Op. 26

"Romanza senza
Parole" Op. 2 n. 3

"Melodia"
Op. 42 n. 3

F. J. HAYDN
(1732-1809)
Violin concerto
in C Major

Hob. VIIa n. 1
I. Allegro moderato
II. Adagio - III. Presto

E. ELGAR
(1857-1934)
Serenade for strings

in C minor, Op. 20
I. Allegro piacevole
II. Larghetto - III. Allegretto

N. PAGANINI

(1782-1840)
"I Palpiti", Op. 13

INFORMATION

DATE:
14 JULY 1996
 

TIME: 9,15 PM

PLACE:
Courtyard of Honour, Torrechiara Castle

GLI ARCHI ITALIANI

BIN HUANG, Violin
Winner of the 41st Paganini International Violin Competition

CARLO PIAZZA, conductor

FESTIVAL DI TORRECHIARA 1996

Bin Huang began her violin studies at age four in her hometown of Hunan, China and entered the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing at nine. After graduating from its high school she came to the United States at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, where she earned her Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma degrees.

Her major teachers include Shu-Min Guo, Zhi-Long Wang, Berl Senofsky, Igor Ozim, Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, and Gennady Kleyman.

Bin Huang endeared herself to the musical world when at age fourteen she won the Junior Wieniawski International Violin Competition in Lublin, Poland, sharing First Prize with Maxim Vengerov. She has maintained international prominence, winning both the Paganini International Violin Competition in Italy in 1994 and the Munich International Music Competition in 1999.

As one of three selected Paganini Competition winners, Ms. Huang had the honor to perform on 19th-century virtuoso Niccolò Paganini’s 1742 Guarneri del Gesù the Cannon violin on Oct. 12, Columbus Day, in Genoa City Hall and at the Italian Music Festival in Tokyo. Only the winner of the Paganini Competition is allowed to play it once each year.

Ms. Huangs performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto on Paganini’s own violin is the only live recording featuring that legendary instrument. Both the Audio Review in Italy and the Diapason in France highly praised this CD.
Regularly appearing in concerts throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States, Ms. Huangs career has brought engagements with leading orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony, the Czech Philharmonic, the Prague Chamber Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, the Korean Broadcasting System Symphony, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She has also won top prizes in the Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in France, the Prague Spring International Music Competition in the Czech Republic, the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition in Russia, the Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition in Belgium, the Hanover International Violin Competition in Germany, the Dong-A International Violin Competition in Korea, and the Indianapolis International Violin Competition in the USA.
Because of her love for chamber music, Ms. Huang formed the Fideo Piano Trio with cellist Soo Bae and pianist Hyun-Sun Kim in 2002; the group has performed in the States, including Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, and in Toronto, Canada. In the summers she has participated in the renowned Marlboro Music Festival, where she has coached and performed with members of the Beaux Arts Trio and the Juilliard and Guarneri String Quartets.
 

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