CHU-FANG HUANG

Chu-Fang Huang began studying the piano when she was seven, and at the age of twelve, she was accepted on full scholarship as the youngest student in the Shenyang Music Conservatory's pre-college division. A top prizewinner of several regional and international competitions, she was awarded first prize at the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition two months after reaching the finals of the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. In January 2006, Chu-Fang was named a first prizewinner of the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. A recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music where she studied with Claude Frank, Ms. Huang is currently pursuing her Master's degree at the Juilliard School of Music as a pupil of Robert McDonald.