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 (UH)

cordially invite you to attend the Eight Annual Piano Concert featuring

Claire Huangci
200 6 Laureate of the Kosciuszko Foundation National Chopin Piano Competition

Friday, September 15, 2006
7:30 – 9:30 p.m. at Dudley Recital Hall , University of Houston

Tickets $20/$10 Students

Recital Program

Bach/Busoni: Chaconne

Chopin: Sonata No. 3

Liszt: Reminiscences of Don Juan

Tchaikovsky: Pletnev (Nutcracker)


Born in Rochester, New York, 16 year old pianist Claire Huangci has already won numerous competitions at the local and international levels. As the first prize winner of competitions, she performed in Carnegie Hall in 1997, had a successful debut with Philadelphia Orchestra in 2003, and appeared as a soloist with a number of orchestras, including Ocean City Pops in New Jersey, the New Artists Philharmonic in Colorado, West Chester, New York, and the World Festival Orchestra in Cincinnati. Coming from a family of scientists, Claire received a grand piano for her 6th birthday. After exploring the instrument herself in the first year, she started formal piano lessons at Settlement Music School of Philadelphia when she was 7. The same year, she was featured on FOX news as a child prodigy with “the skills of a professional pianist”. In early 2006, NPR radio showcased her as well. . She currently studies with Mrs. Eleanor Sokoloff and Mr. Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute of Music under the Hirsig Foundation Fellowship.

THE KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION NATIONAL CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION

The Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition was established in 1949, on the one-hundredth anniversary of the death of Fryderyk Chopin.  Held annually since then, the competition is proud to number many outstanding pianists among its winners, including Van Cliburn, Murray Perahia, and Ian Hobson.  The objective of the Chopin Piano Competition is to encourage highly talented young musicians of all ethnic backgrounds, and to promote study and performance of the works of Chopin, Szymanowski, and other Polish composers.  The competition is open to citizens or permanent residents of the United States, and international full time students, between the ages of 16 and 22.  Contestants prepare a program of approximately 70 minutes.  The required repertoire includes works of Chopin and Szymanowski; Bach; a Classic sonata; a major 19th century work; and a work by an American, Polish-American, or Polish composer written within the last 50 years.

FOR RESERVATIONS :   Please call Dr. Teresa Priebe at 713-665-4850 or Anna Banach-Aikin at 713-464-8324 or by email at teresap@wt.net    or   aaikin@ev1.net .

Direction to Dudley Recital Hall next to Moores Opera House from I-45 South (downtown) ( h ttp://www.uh.edu/campus_map/buildings/MSOM.html )

- exit Cullen and turn right on Cullen
- turn left into UH Entrance 16 and turn right at the stop sign (parking lot 16).  The Dudley Hall is on your right.

Sponsorship Information: Please contact Prof. Waldemar Priebe at wp@wt.net .

 

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