Born in Rochester, New York, 18 year old pianist Claire Huangci has already won numerous competitions at the national and international levels, including the World Piano Competition and the Kosciuszko Chopin International Piano Competition. As the first prize winner of many competitions, she performed in Carnegie Hall in 1999, had a successful debut with Philadelphia Orchestra in 2003, and appeared as a soloist with a number of other orchestras.
Born in Rochester, New York, 18 year old pianist Claire Huangci has already won numerous competitions at the national and international levels, including the World Piano Competition and the Kosciuszko Chopin International Piano Competition. As the first prize winner of many competitions, she performed in Carnegie Hall in 1999, had a successful debut with Philadelphia Orchestra in 2003, and appeared as a soloist with a number of other orchestras.
Coming from a family of scientists, Claire received a grand piano as her 6th year birthday present. After exploring the instrument herself in the first year, she began taking formal piano lessons at Settlement Music School of Philadelphia when she was seven. That same year, she was featured on the FOX News as a child prodigy with "the skills of a mature pianist." Claire studied at the Curtis Institute of Music under Eleanor Sokoloff and Gary Graffman, holding the Institute's Hirsig Foundation Fellowship. She is currently studying in Hannover, Germany, with Arie Vardi.
