Featured Performers
Hilda Huang, piano
Hilda Huang began her performing career after receiving first prize at the Leipzig Bach Competition at 18 years of age. Her debut recital was presented as part of the Steinway and Sons Prizewinners’ Concert Network at the Leipzig Gewandhaus in cooperation with the Leipzig Bach Archive, and was broadcast live over the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR Leipzig).
Audrey Vardanega, piano
Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence” (The Piedmont Post), American pianist Audrey Vardanega has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, and the United States. Audrey is a Debut Artist alumnus.
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
Keisuke Nakagoshi has received training from Emanuel Ax, Gilbert Kalish, Menahem Pressler and Paul Hersh and performed concert stages across the United States including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and Hollywood Bowl. In 2014, he made a solo debut with San Francisco Symphony on Ingvar Lidholm’s Poesis with Herbert Blomstedt conducting.