August 17, 2009

Chu Fang Huang. Download image.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Music 2009-10 UAB Piano Series will present pianists Chu Fang Huang Oct. 25, Marina Lomazov Jan. 10, 2010, and Shai Wosner March 21, 2010.

Season tickets for all three performances are $30. Tickets to each performance are $15 for the general public and $5 for UAB students and employees with valid ID. To purchase UAB Piano Series performance tickets, call 205-975-2787. All three performances will be in the Alys Stephens Center's Reynolds-Kirschbaum Recital Hall, 1200 10th Ave. South. Visit the UAB Department of Music online at www.music.uab.edu.

Chinese pianist Chu Fang Huang will be the first to perform in the UAB Piano series at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. As first-prize winner of the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition and a finalist in the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2005, Huang has made concert appearances throughout the United States. She made her Lincoln Center debut at Alice Tully Hall in November 2005 and won the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Huang began studying the piano at age 7 and received a full scholarship to the Shenyang Music Conservatory's pre-college division at age 12. She made her U.S. recital debut at 15 in the La Jolla Music Society's Prodigy Series. She went on to receive her bachelor of music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Claude Frank, and her master of music degree from The Juilliard School, as a student of Robert McDonald. She now is pursuing postgraduate studies at Juilliard.

Marina Lomazov. Download image.

Marina Lomazov will perform next in the UAB Piano Series at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010. Ukrainian-American pianist Lomazov has established herself as one of the most passionate and charismatic performers on the concert scene today. Following prizes in the Cleveland International Piano Competition, William Kapell International Piano Competition, Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition and Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Lomazov has performed throughout North and South America, Europe, Ukraine, Russia and Japan. Before immigrating to the United States, Lomazov studied at the Kiev Conservatory and was the youngest first-prize winner of the all-Kiev Piano Competition. Lomazov holds degrees from The Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music. Her principal teachers include Natalya Antonova, Barry Snyder and Jerome Lowenthal. Lomazov is associate professor of piano at the University of South Carolina School of Music, and she also is the founder and artistic director of its Southeastern Piano Festival.

Shai Wosner. Download image.

Shai Wosner will be the third and final performer in the UAB Piano Series at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 21, 2010. Wosner attracts international recognition for his exceptional artistry, musical integrity and creative insight. With imaginative programming that communicates his intellectual curiosity, Wosner performs a wide-ranging repertoire from Mozart and Beethoven to Ligeti and composers of his own generation. Wosner's virtuosity and perceptiveness increasingly have made him a favorite among audiences and critics alike. Recent and upcoming orchestral engagements include his critically acclaimed debut with The Cleveland Orchestra, his return to the Atlanta and Houston symphonies, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Fresno Philharmonic and the Indianapolis and North Carolina symphonies. His performing and recording activity as a BBC New Generation Artist is extensive. Highlights of his 2009-10 season include his subscription debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and engagements with the BBC Scottish Symphony. Born in Israel, Wosner enjoyed a broad musical education from a very early age, studying piano with Emanuel Krasovsky and composition, theory and improvisation with André Hajdu. He later studied at The Juilliard School with Emanuel Ax. Wosner lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

ABOUT UAB:

UAB is the first all-Steinway piano school in Alabama. The UAB Department of Music presents more than 150 concerts, recitals, master classes and lectures each year - many of them free - for more than 400,000 people throughout the region. The department features 17 ensembles, including the UAB Marching Blazers, Gospel Choir, Symphony Band, Computer Music Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Piano Ensemble, Opera, Clarinet Choir, Jazz Ensemble and more.