Claire Huangci

“‘Masterfully interpreted’ – Claire Huangci captivates with her technical brilliance and stylistic certainty.”

The American pianist Claire Huangci gained international acclaim by winning first prize as well as the Mozart Prize at the 2018 Concours Géza Anda, as well as receiving accolades in other prestigious competitions, including both Chopin competitions in Europe and the USA, the ARD International Music Competition, and the Grand Prix of the Orchestre Chambre de Paris Play-Direct Academy.

She continuously captivates audiences with her confident and bright interpretations, breathtaking virtuosity and an intelligent and well-thought-out sound palette. Driven by an irrepressible curiosity and penchant for unusual repertoire, she proves her versatility with a broad range of repertoire spanning from Bach and Scarlatti via German and Russian Romanticism to Bernstein, Barber and Florence Price.

Since the 24/25 season Claire Huangci has been working with Alpha Classics. Following a highly acclaimed Mozart concerto album with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, she released an all-American solo disc titled Made in USA featuring works by Gershwin, Beach, Barber and Wild. Widely praised by the press, Piano Heroines was released in early 2026, featuring works by German and American female composers.

Kicking off a series of international orchestra engagements in 2025/26, Claire will make her debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and will also perform with the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, the Thailand Philharmonic, the Rheinische Philharmonie, the Santa Rosa Symphony and the North Carolina Symphony. She will give an extensive debut recital tour in South America, with performances in Lima, Colombia and Brazil, culminating in Buenos Aires Teatro Colon. Another highlight of the new season was playing the closing concert of the Carinthian Summer. She convinced with her interpretation of Gershwin’s Concerto in F with the Austrian Radio Television Orchestra Vienna under the baton of Marin Alsop.
Claire Huangci is increasingly directing various concertos from the piano in the play-direct tradition, e.g. past season with the Recreation Orchestra of the Styriarte Graz, featuring piano concertos by Clara and Robert Schumann.

As a solo recitalist and partner to international orchestras, Claire Huangci has performed in prestigious concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Philharmonie de Paris, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Prinzregententheater Munich, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Berlin, Wiener Konzerthaus, and Festspielhaus Salzburg. She is a welcome guest at renowned festivals, including the Lucerne Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, and the Ruhr Piano Festival.
Her esteemed musical partners include the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Musikkollegium Winterthur, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, the Munich and Basel Chamber Orchestras, and conductors such as Carl St. Clair, Elim Chan, Michael Francis, Howard Griffiths, Pietari Inkinen, Jun Märkl, Cornelius Meister, Sir Roger Norrington, Eva Ollikainen, Alexander Shelley, Mario Venzago, Markus Stern, David Danzmayr and Thomas Guggeis.

Born in Rochester, New York, Claire showed an early affinity for the piano and was invited to the White House in 1999 at the age of nine. She studied with Gary Graffman and Eleanor Sokoloff at the Curtis Institute of Music before continuing her studies with Arie Vardi in Hannover where she graduated with honors in 2016. Claire is a proud ambassador for the Henle publishing house and serves as the artistic director of the Erbach Chamber Concerts.

Saison 2025/2026 | Photo: Mateusz Zahora| Quote: klassik.com, April 21st, 2025
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Prioritized Concertos 27/28

A. Beach
Piano Concerto C-sharp minor op. 45

Beethoven
Violin concerto D major op. 61 a (version for piano)

F. Price
Piano Concerto in one movement

Korngold
Piano Concerto for the left hand C-sharp major op. 17

Saint-Saens
Piano concerto No. 2 G minor op. 22

Schubert/Kabalevsky
Fantasy in F minor

Schubert/Liszt
Wanderer-Fantasy

C. Schumann
Piano concerto A minor op. 7

Full Repertoire

J. Adams
Century Rolls for piano and orchestra

G. Andergassen
Piano Concerto F minor op. 48

J. S. Bach
Piano Concerto D minor BWV 1052
Piano Concerto F minor BWV 1056

Barber
Piano Concerto op. 38

Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 3 E major Sz. 119/BB 127

A. Beach
Piano Concerto C-sharp minor op. 45

Beethoven
Piano Concertos
No. 1 C major op. 15
No. 2 B-flat major op. 19
No. 3 C minor op. 37
No. 4 G major op. 58
No. 5 E-flat major op. 73 Emperor
No. 6 D major op. 61a (Violin Concerto)
Choral Fantasy C minor op. 80
Triple Concerto C major op. 56

Bernstein
Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety

Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 B-flat major op. 83

Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 E minor op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 2 F minor op. 21

de Falla
Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Franck
Symphonic Variations M 46

Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Piano Concerto F major

P. Glass
Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Grieg
Piano Concerto A minor op. 16

Haydn
Piano Concerto D major Hob. XVIII: 2
Piano Concerto G major Hob. XVIII: 4

Korngold
Piano Concerto for the left hand C-sharp major op. 17

Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat major S. 124
Piano Concerto No. 2 A major S. 125
Hungarian Fantasy E major for piano and orchestra S. 123
Danse Macabre S. 126

E. MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2 op. 23

C. Meijering
ISIS – Concerto for piano and orchestra

Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 G minor op. 25
Piano Concerto No. 2 D minor op. 40

Mozart
Piano Concertos
No. 9 E-flat major K 271 Jeunehomme
No. 13 C major K 415
No. 15 B-flat major K 450
No. 16 D major K 451
No. 17 G major K 453
No. 18 B-flat major K 456
No. 19 F major K 459
No. 20 D minor K 466
No. 21 C major K 467
No. 23 A major K 488
No. 24 C minor K 491
No. 26 D major K 537
No. 27 B-flat major K 595
Rondo D major K 382

Paderewski
Piano Concerto A minor op. 17

Poulenc
Concerto for two pianos D minor FP 61

F. Price
Piano Concerto in one movement

Prokofiev
Piano Concertos
No. 1 D-flat major op. 10
No. 2 G minor op. 16
No. 3 C major op. 26
No. 4 B-flat major op. 53 for left hand
No. 5 G major op. 55

Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 F-sharp minor op. 1
Piano Concerto No. 2 C minor op. 18
Piano Concerto No. 3 D minor op. 30
Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini A minor op. 43

Ravel
Piano Concerto G major
Piano Concerto for the left hand D major

Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto No. 2 G minor op. 22
Piano Concerto No. 5 F major op. 103 Egyptian Concerto
Rhapsodie d’Auvergne op. 73

P. Schoenfield
Piano Concerto Four Parables

Schubert/Kabalevsky
Fantasy in F minor

Schubert/Liszt
Wanderer-Fantasy

C. Schumann
Piano Concerto A minor op. 7

R. Schumann
Piano Concerto A minor op. 54

Scriabin
Piano Concerto F-sharp minor op. 20

Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 for piano, trumpet and string orchestra in C minor op. 35
Piano Concerto No. 2 F major op. 102

Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 2 D minor op. 23

R. Strauss
Burleske

Stravinski
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

Tchaikovski
Piano Concerto No. 1 B-flat minor op. 23
Piano Concerto No. 2 G major op. 44

J. Turina
Rapsodia sinfónica op. 66

Prioritized Concertos 27/28

A. Beach
Piano Concerto C-sharp minor op. 45

Beethoven
Violin concerto D major op. 61 a (version for piano)

F. Price
Piano Concerto in one movement

Korngold
Piano Concerto for the left hand C-sharp major op. 17

Saint-Saens
Piano concerto No. 2 G minor op. 22

Schubert/Kabalevsky
Fantasy in F minor

Schubert/Liszt
Wanderer-Fantasy

C. Schumann
Piano concerto A minor op. 7

Full Repertoire

J. Adams
Century Rolls for piano and orchestra

G. Andergassen
Piano Concerto F minor op. 48

J. S. Bach
Piano Concerto D minor BWV 1052
Piano Concerto F minor BWV 1056

Barber
Piano Concerto op. 38

Bartók
Piano Concerto No. 3 E major Sz. 119/BB 127

A. Beach
Piano Concerto C-sharp minor op. 45

Beethoven
Piano Concertos
No. 1 C major op. 15
No. 2 B-flat major op. 19
No. 3 C minor op. 37
No. 4 G major op. 58
No. 5 E-flat major op. 73 Emperor
No. 6 D major op. 61a (Violin Concerto)
Choral Fantasy C minor op. 80
Triple Concerto C major op. 56

Bernstein
Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety

Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 B-flat major op. 83

Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 E minor op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 2 F minor op. 21

de Falla
Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Franck
Symphonic Variations M 46

Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Piano Concerto F major

P. Glass
Tirol Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Grieg
Piano Concerto A minor op. 16

Haydn
Piano Concerto D major Hob. XVIII: 2
Piano Concerto G major Hob. XVIII: 4

Korngold
Piano Concerto for the left hand C-sharp major op. 17

Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat major S. 124
Piano Concerto No. 2 A major S. 125
Hungarian Fantasy E major for piano and orchestra S. 123
Danse Macabre S. 126

E. MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2 op. 23

C. Meijering
ISIS – Concerto for piano and orchestra

Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1 G minor op. 25
Piano Concerto No. 2 D minor op. 40

Mozart
Piano Concertos
No. 9 E-flat major K 271 Jeunehomme
No. 13 C major K 415
No. 15 B-flat major K 450
No. 16 D major K 451
No. 17 G major K 453
No. 18 B-flat major K 456
No. 19 F major K 459
No. 20 D minor K 466
No. 21 C major K 467
No. 23 A major K 488
No. 24 C minor K 491
No. 26 D major K 537
No. 27 B-flat major K 595
Rondo D major K 382

Paderewski
Piano Concerto A minor op. 17

Poulenc
Concerto for two pianos D minor FP 61

F. Price
Piano Concerto in one movement

Prokofiev
Piano Concertos
No. 1 D-flat major op. 10
No. 2 G minor op. 16
No. 3 C major op. 26
No. 4 B-flat major op. 53 for left hand
No. 5 G major op. 55

Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 F-sharp minor op. 1
Piano Concerto No. 2 C minor op. 18
Piano Concerto No. 3 D minor op. 30
Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini A minor op. 43

Ravel
Piano Concerto G major
Piano Concerto for the left hand D major

Saint-Saëns
Piano Concerto No. 2 G minor op. 22
Piano Concerto No. 5 F major op. 103 Egyptian Concerto
Rhapsodie d’Auvergne op. 73

P. Schoenfield
Piano Concerto Four Parables

Schubert/Kabalevsky
Fantasy in F minor

Schubert/Liszt
Wanderer-Fantasy

C. Schumann
Piano Concerto A minor op. 7

R. Schumann
Piano Concerto A minor op. 54

Scriabin
Piano Concerto F-sharp minor op. 20

Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 1 for piano, trumpet and string orchestra in C minor op. 35
Piano Concerto No. 2 F major op. 102

Stenhammar
Piano Concerto No. 2 D minor op. 23

R. Strauss
Burleske

Stravinski
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

Tchaikovski
Piano Concerto No. 1 B-flat minor op. 23
Piano Concerto No. 2 G major op. 44

J. Turina
Rapsodia sinfónica op. 66

Claire Huangci: Piano Recital at hr-Sendesaal

Claire Huangci: Bach – Toccata in D major

Claire Huangci: A Chopin Diary

Claire Huangci: F. Schubert – Sonata No. 18 in G major D 894

Claire Huangci: Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 1

Claire Huangci at the ARD Abendschau

Claire Huangci: Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue

Claire Huangci: Made in USA

Claire Huangci & Musikkollegium Winterthur: Ravel – Piano Concerto in G Major