The Texas Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation and The University of Houston

The Texas Chapter of
THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION
Promoting Educational and Cultural Exchanges and Relations Between the United States and Poland since 1925

The Texas Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation and The University of Houston
cordially invite you to attend a piano concert featuring
Amy Jiaqi Yang, 2002 Laureate of the Kosciuszko Foundation National Chopin Piano Competition

Recital 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.	Moores Opera House, UH	$20 / $10 (students)
Reception 9:30 - 11 p.m.	The Warwick Hotel, 5701 Main	$5, cash bar

Recital Program

Johann Sebastian Bach	Toccata in D Major BWV 912
Felix Mendelssohn	Variations Serieuses, Op. 54
Robert Schumann	Arabeske, Op. 18
(Intermission)
Robert Schumann	Kinderszenen Op.15

I.     Von fremden Landern und Menschen (About Foreign Lands and People)
II.    Kuriose Geschichte (A Strange Story)
III.   Hasche-Mann (Catch-As-Catch-Can)
IV. Bittendes Kind (Pleading Child )
V. Gluckes genug (Happy Enough)
VI. Wichtige Begebenheit (An Important Event)
VII. Traumerei (Dreaming)

VIII. Am Kamin (By the Fireside)
IX.     Ritter vom Steckenpferd (Rocking-Horse Knight)
X.      Fast zu ernst (Almost Too Serious)
XI.    Furchtenmachen (Frightening)
XII. Kind im Einschlummern (Child Falling Asleep )
XIII. Der Dichter spricht (The Poet Speaks)

Hua Yang	Three Movements from Homesick - First Suite for Piano Solo, Op. 15
II. Scherzo V. Lullaby VI. Dancing Under Full Moon
Fryderyk Chopin	Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brilliante Op. 22

        Eighteen-year-old Chinese pianist Amy Jiaqi Yang is the First Prize Winner of national and international competitions including: The International Sonata-Sonatina Youth Piano Competition, The RSO/Lennox Young Artists Competition, The International Chopin Piano Competition in Corpus Christi, The International Corpus Christi Young Artists’ Competition, where she also received the Lichtenstein Foundation Award and the grand Mary Hope Brennecke Piano Award, and most recently, The National Chopin Piano Competition of the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City.
      Amy has given concerts in the U.S. and abroad in cities such as Houston, Corpus Christi, Dallas, New York City, and Zielona Gora (Poland), Górzow Wlkp. (Poland), Kozuchow (Poland), and Hanover. She has played in Stude Concert Hall and Carnegie Recital Hall and has been guest soloist with symphony orchestras including: Symphony North, Baytown Symphony, Woodlands Symphony, Richardson Symphony, Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and the Lubuska Symphonietta. Her performances have been heard on radio broadcasts on KUHF-FM and WQXR-FM (New York City). In the summer of 2002, Amy was invited as a guest artist by the Lubus International Chamber Music Festival and gave solo concerts as well as concerts with orchestras in Poland. In September of 2002, Amy made her debut with the Houston Symphony under the baton of Mariusz Smolij.
In 2003, Amy will make her debut with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra and give a recital for the Fryderyk Chopin Society of Texas, among others.
      Amy’s previous teachers are her father, Hua Yang, and Qing Li. She resumed piano studies with Professor Timothy Hester at the University of Houston, after she came to the United States in 1995. A recipient of merit-based full-tuition scholarship, Amy, under the tutelage of Mr. Claude Frank, is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Music degree at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Amy enjoys reading, sight-reading and drawing. She retains a website at www.geocities.com/amyjyang

FOR RESERVATIONS: Tickets available by calling University of Houston at 713.743.3313 or 713.743.3388 or at the door.