Pianist and fortepianist Yi-heng Yang has been described as an “exquisite collaborator (Opera News), “superbly adept (Gramophone)” and noted for her “remarkable expressivity and technique (Early Music Magazine).” Her work spans from collaborations on period instruments with visionary artists such as the Grammy award-winning tenor Karim Sulayman, in their acclaimed and timely album, “Where Only Stars Can Hear Us (Avie Records),” to groundbreaking and provocative explorations into Romantic and Classical performance practice with cellist Kate Bennett Wadsworth (Brahms Cello Sonatas, Deux-Elles) In May 2022, she released her first solo fortepiano album, “Free Spirits: early Romantic music on the Graf piano (Deux-Elles),” received 4-stars from BBC Music Magazine. Yi-heng just appeared in the People’s Symphony Concerts in NYC’s Town Hall with baritone Roderick Williams, and at the Brattleboro Music Center, VT. Other recent recitals include The Boston Clavichord Society, UNC Greensboro, Early Music of the Islands, BC, Carnegie Hall Subscription Series, The Phillips Collection, Chatham Baroque, Columbus Early Music, Mountainside Baroque, Gotham Early Music Midtown Concerts, and The Helicon Series. Yi-heng is on the faculty at The Juilliard School, teaching piano, fortepiano, and improvisation in the Precollege, College, and Historical Performance departments. www.yihengyangpianist.com
Summer Chamber Music Workshop Participants
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