William Yang

Country – United States
Age – 20

William Yang has been recognized in several competitions including second prize at the 2014 Midwest International Piano Competition, sixth prize at the 2018 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Piano Competition, and he was a semifinalist and winner of the special Bach Prize at the 2015 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists.

As a soloist, Mr. Yang has appeared with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra, and Minnesota Orchestra.

He entered the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in September 2019 and currently studies with Robert McDonald. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Mr. Yang is the Robert Ehrman Fellow. His previous teachers were Alexander Korsantia and Paul Wirth. Mr. Yang has also taken instruction from Hung-Kuan Chen, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Gary Graffman, Peter Takács, Boris Berman and Andre Watts, among others.

He began piano at age four and gave his first performances at age seven. Outside of piano, William enjoys lifting weights and playing table tennis.

Repertoire

Round I

Bach                           Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825

Scriabin                     Fantasie in B minor, Op. 28

Round II

Chopin                       Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Round III  

Mozart                       Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311

Tchaikovsky              Dumka, Op. 59

Prokofiev                   Sonata No. 6 in A minor, Op. 82

Round IV

Chopin                       Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11