Chu-Fang Huang began studying the piano when she was seven. At age twelve she was accepted on full scholarship as the youngest student in the Shenyang Music Conservatory's pre-college division. She made her U.S. recital debut on the Prodigy Series of the La Jolla Music Society at fifteen, soon after moving here from her native China. A top prizewinner of several regional and international competitions she was awarded first prize at the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition two months after being named a finalist of the Twelfth Annual International Van Cliburn Competition.

Ms. Huang has performed throughout China, Europe, and the United States, including recitals at Germany's prestigious Klavier-Festival Ruhr, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Kravis Arts Center in West Palm Beach, and Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. She has also collaborated with the Charleston, Cleveland, Corpus Christi, Fort Collins, Fort Worth, Pacific, and Sydney symphony orchestras, as well as with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Shenzhen Philharmonic Orchestras.

As a result of her success at the Cliburn and Cleveland competitions, Ms. Huang has embarked on

Chu-Fang Huang

SOLO PIANO CONCERT
2005 Van Cliburn Finalist

Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 7:30 PM
Central Presbyterian Church

402 North College Street
Waxahachie, TX

Ms. Huang's performances have been broadcast on New York's WQXR Young Artists Series, National Public Radio in Washington, D.C., andacross the internet by the Australian Broadcast Corporation. She also appears in the film documentary about the Twelfth Cliburn Competition, In the Heart of Music, which aired on PBS stations across the United States and on stations around the world. A recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Ms. Huang is pursuing her master's degree at the Juilliard School.