Joyce Yang Explained

Joyce Yang
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:	11 April 1986
Birth Place:	Seoul, Korea
Occupation:	Composer, Pianist

Joyce Yang (Korean name 양희원, born 11 April 1986 in Seoul, Korea) is a classical pianist. Yang was awarded the silver medal at the 2005 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at the age of 19.^{[1] [2]} During the same competition, Joyce was also awarded both the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for Best Performance of Chamber Music, as well as the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New Work.^[3]

Joyce Yang performed as soloist with the Kansas City Symphony for the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff's Piano Concerto in 2019.

Yang began playing piano at age four as her aunt's first piano student. At age nine, Yang went to New York with her mother and aunt to play for Yoheved Kaplinsky. At age ten she entered the Korean National Conservatory studying under Choong Mo Kang. In 1997 Joyce moved to New York and began studying in Juilliard's pre-college division with Kaplinsky.^[4] While in New York, she attended Ward Melville High School.

Yang graduated from Juilliard with special honor, as the recipient of the 2010 Arthur Rubinstein Prize.

2017 Grammy Award nomination

On November 28, 2017 Yang and Italian violinist Augustin Hadelich's 2016 album Works for Violin and Piano by Franck, Kurtág, Previn, Schumann was nominated for the 60th Annual Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance in the Classical Music category. It was Yang's first Grammy Award nomination.^[5]

Discography

date	title	type	artists	publisher	notes	reference
11 October 2005	Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Joyce Yang, Silver Medalist	solo recording	Joyce Yang			^[7]
11 October 2011	Collage	solo recording	Joyce Yang			^[8]
11 February 2014	Tchaikovsky: Tempest, Piano Concerto No. 1	orchestral			debut concerto recording	^[9]
11 March 2014	Wild Dreams	solo recording	Joyce Yang	Avie Records		^[10]
11 March 2014	Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets	chamber music				^[11]
13 September 2016	Michael Torke Three Manhattan Bridges	orchestral				^[12]
11 November 2016	Works for Violin and Piano by Franck, Kurtág, Previn, Schumann	chamber music	Augustin Hadelich, violin Joyce Yang, piano	Avie Records		^[13]

External links

• Joyce Yang official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cain. Tim. Pianist Joyce Yang's silver medal in the Van Cliburn Competition lets Decatur say: 'We heard her when…'. The Herald Review. 10 June 2005 . 5 July 2016.
2. http://orlandophil.org/biographies/2008-09-season/mozart-mendelssohn/joyce-yang/ Joyce Yang, Pianist
3. http://www.cliburn.org/index.php?page=twelfth_2005 Van Cliburn Foundation - Twelfth International Piano Competition - 2005
4. http://www.juilliard.edu/newsroom/releases/2010-11/2011-05-05_JoyceYang-mobile.php Pianist Joyce Yang Wins Julilliard's 30th Annual William Petschek Recital Award (2011)
5. Web site: GRAMMYs - Joyce Yang Artist. Recording Academy. 31 January 2018.
6. http://www.dallassymphony.com/Press_Releases.aspx?aID=56 Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Press Releases: DSO sets Casual Classics schedule (4 April 2009)
7. Web site: Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition - Joyce Yang, Silver Medalist. Harmonia Mundi. 30 January 2018.
8. Web site: Collage. Avie Records. 25 April 2013 . 30 January 2018.
9. Web site: Tchaikovsky: Tempest, Piano Concerto No. 1. Bridge Records. 30 January 2018.
10. Web site: Wild Dreams. Avie Records. 3 February 2014 . 30 January 2018.
11. Web site: Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets. Foghorn Classics. 30 January 2018.
12. Web site: Michael Torke: Three Manhattan Bridges. Albany Records. 30 January 2018.
13. Web site: Works for Violin and Piano by Franck, Kurtág, Previn, Schumann. Avie Records. 21 September 2016 . 30 January 2018.