Hui-Ting Yang 楊惠婷, Pianist
As an active performer, Dr. Yang has performed throughout the Czech Republic, Korea, Taiwan and the United States. She received the Doctor of Music in collaborative/chamber music and the Master of Music in accompanying from Florida State University, the Master of Music in piano performance from Ohio University and the bachelor’s degree in music education from Taipei Municipal Teachers’ College.
Dr. Hui-Ting Yang’s extensive repertoire includes an increasing focus on American living composers, including Augusta Read Thomas, Laura Schwendinger, Matthew Burtner, Ladislav Kubík, Chen-Yi, and Clifton Callender. In September 2012 she recorded three chamber works by Ladislav Kubík with mezzo-soprano Phyllis Pancella and violinist Karen Bentley Pollick. In June 2010 she has performed seven solo recitals throughout the Czech Republic, including performances at the highly acclaimed Cesky Krumlov International Music Festival and the Artist Concert Series in Děčín. Her concerts included music by Liszt, Ravel, Barber, Brahms, Dvorak, and the world premiere of Kubík’s Sonata-Portrait. She also performs regularly as a guest pianist at “The Days of Contemporary Music” festival in Prague,organized by the Society of Czech Composers. Her upcoming events will include Piano Duet/Duo Piano recitals in Taiwan in July, a performance at Parma Music Festival in August, a recital tour with trumpet player Dr. Michael Huff in September, a recording of new work by Kubík in Prague in November, and a concert tour of newly commissioned works by American composers in the US, Korea, and Taiwan in 2015.
She has performed at numerous conferences and festivals including the Cesky Krumlov International Music Festival, “The Days of Contemporary Music” festival in Prague, the Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference, International and National Conferences of the College of Music Society, the Society for Ethnomusicology National Conference, the Florida State Music Teacher’s Association Annual Conference, the Festival of New Music at the Florida State University, and the Parma Music Festival. Her recordings are available through Kum Seoung Records, Arco Diva, and the online journal Musical Perspectives, and forthcoming recordings of music by Callender and Kubík will be released by Parma and Neos. Dr. Yang is currently an Assistant Professor of Piano at Troy University, where she serves as the Coordinator of Piano Studies and received the Faculty Senate Excellence Award in 2009.
楊慧婷博士是特洛伊大學的台裔鋼琴教師,在多年的培養學生和音樂會演奏方面都為特洛伊大學做出了卓越的貢獻。 楊博士對學生的耐心指導和得天獨厚的漢英雙語優勢也為中國的留學生提供了非常大的説明。
2015年初,楊博士成為繼鋼琴演奏家朗朗之後又一台裔施坦威演出者。
特洛伊大學音樂學院的主任Dr. Larry Blocker在介紹楊博士2月交響樂團演奏出場的時候說,「無論施坦威鋼琴多麼昂貴都是有價格的,但是施坦威演出者不是開一張支票就能買來的。 施坦威演出者不僅需要精湛的演奏技術,也是多年全世界的演出經驗的積累的結果,而楊博士正是這樣對藝術精益求精的人。 最重要的是,她是一個品質優秀的人。 ”
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