Paul Huang - Saint-Saens: Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 75 (2 of 2)

Paul Huang, violin
Jessica Osborne, piano

Performing at the Seoul Arts Center in Seoul, Korea on October 5, 2012.
Saint-Saens Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 75
III. Allegro moderato
IV. Allegro molto

First Prize Winner of the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the 2009 International Violin Competition Sion-Valais in Switzerland, 22-year-old Taiwanese-American violinist Paul Huang is already recognized for his eloquent music making, effortless virtuosity, and compelling stage presence. Recipient of the 2012 Helen Armstrong Violin Fellowship of YCA, his recital debuts this season are the opening events of the Young Concert Artists Series in New York at Merkin Hall and in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater.

Upcoming engagements this season include concerto performances with the Hilton Head Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, the National Taiwan Symphony, and the Bilbao Symphony in Spain, and recitals at the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, the University of Florida, the University of Alabama and at the Tannery Pond Concert Series (NY). Mr. Huang also performs as a guest artist in Korea at the Great Mountains Music Festival.

Mr. Huang has also performed as soloist in Hungary with the Budapest Dohnányi Symphony, with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in Mexico City, and with the Taipei Symphony in Taiwan. He has been heard in recitals at the Stradivari Museum in Cremona, Italy, the National Concert Hall in Taiwan, and at the Museé du Louvre in Paris as well as music festivals including the Mineria Music Festival in Mexico City, the Moritzburg Festival in Germany, and the Sion Music Festival in Switzerland, and as a guest with the Formosa Quartet at Wigmore Hall in London.

As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with notable instrumentalists including Shlomo Mintz, Gil Shaham, Nobuko Imai, Roberto Diaz, Jan Vogler, Myung-Wha Chung, and Frans Helmerson.

Born in Taiwan, Mr. Huang received his first violin lesson at the age of seven. Since entering the Juilliard Pre-College at 14, he has continued studies at the school with Hyo Kang and I-Hao Lee. He received the 2008 Juilliard Achievement Award and the 2009 Chi-Mei Cultural Foundation Arts Award for Taiwan's Most Promising Young Artists. Mr. Huang's instrument is on generous loan from the Chi-Mei Cultural Foundation in Tainan, Taiwan. The Foundation supports young Taiwanese artists of exceptional talent by lending them precious antique instruments. He is extremely grateful for the opportunity to play such an outstanding instrument.