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Joyce Yang

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Joyce Yang (양희원)
Joyce in NoHo, NYC 2016
Joyce in NoHo, NYC 2016
Background information
Born (1986-04-11) April 11, 1986 (age 38)
Seoul, Korea
Genres
Occupation(s)Composer, Pianist
Websitepianistjoyceyang.com

Joyce Yang (Korean name 양희원, born 11 April 1986 in Seoul, Korea) is a classical pianist. Yang was awarded the silver medal at the 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at the age of 19.[1][2] During the same competition, Joyce was also awarded both the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for Best Performance of Chamber Music, as well as the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New Work.[3]

Joyce Yang performed as soloist with the Kansas City Symphony for the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff's Piano Concerto in 2019.

Yang began playing piano at age four as her aunt's first piano student.[citation needed] At age nine, Yang went to New York with her mother and aunt to play for Yoheved Kaplinsky. At age ten she entered the Korean National Conservatory studying under Choong Mo Kang.[citation needed] In 1997 Joyce moved to New York and began studying in Juilliard's pre-college division with Kaplinsky.[4] While in New York, she attended Ward Melville High School.

Yang graduated from Juilliard with special honor, as the recipient of the 2010 Arthur Rubinstein Prize.

2017 Grammy Award nomination

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On November 28, 2017 Yang and Italian violinist Augustin Hadelich's 2016 album Works for Violin and Piano by Franck, Kurtág, Previn, Schumann was nominated for the 60th Annual Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance in the Classical Music category. It was Yang's first Grammy Award nomination.[5]

Debuts

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venue date work
Dallas Symphony Orchestra 6 June 2009[6] Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Number 2

Discography

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date title type artists publisher notes reference
11 October 2005 Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Joyce Yang, Silver Medalist		 solo recording Joyce Yang Harmonia Mundi [7]
11 October 2011 Collage solo recording Joyce Yang Avie Records [8]
11 February 2014 Tchaikovsky: Tempest, Piano Concerto No. 1 orchestral Joyce Yang
Alexander Lazarev, conductor
Odense Symphony Orchestra		 Bridge Records debut concerto recording [9]
11 March 2014 Wild Dreams solo recording Joyce Yang Avie Records [10]
11 March 2014 Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets chamber music Joyce Yang
Alexander String Quartet		 Foghorn Classics [11]
13 September 2016 Michael Torke: Three Manhattan Bridges orchestral Joyce Yang, piano
Julie Albers, cello
David Alan Miller, conductor
Albany Symphony Orchestra		 Albany Records [12]
11 November 2016 Works for Violin and Piano by Franck, Kurtág, Previn, Schumann chamber music Augustin Hadelich, violin
Joyce Yang, piano		 Avie Records nominated for 2018 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance [13]

References

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  1. ^ Cain, Tim (10 June 2005). "Pianist Joyce Yang's silver medal in the Van Cliburn Competition lets Decatur say: 'We heard her when…'". The Herald Review. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ^ Joyce Yang, Pianist Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Van Cliburn Foundation - Twelfth International Piano Competition - 2005
  4. ^ Pianist Joyce Yang Wins Julilliard's 30th Annual William Petschek Recital Award (2011) [dead link‍]
  5. ^ "GRAMMYs - Joyce Yang | Artist". Recording Academy. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  6. ^ Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Press Releases: DSO sets Casual Classics schedule (4 April 2009)
  7. ^ "Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - Joyce Yang, Silver Medalist". Harmonia Mundi. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Collage". Avie Records. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Tchaikovsky: Tempest, Piano Concerto No. 1". Bridge Records. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Wild Dreams". Avie Records. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets". Foghorn Classics. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Michael Torke: Three Manhattan Bridges". Albany Records. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Works for Violin and Piano by Franck, Kurtág, Previn, Schumann". Avie Records. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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