Joyce Yang

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 (양희원)
Joyce in NoHo, NYC 2016
Background information
Born	(1986-04-11) April 11, 1986 (age 39) Seoul, Korea
Genres	contemporary classical
Occupation	Pianist
Website	pianistjoyceyang.com

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

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.^{[citation needed]} 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]

Debuts

venue	date	work
Dallas Symphony Orchestra	6 June 2009[6]	Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Number 2

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	Harmonia Mundi		[7]
11 October 2011	Collage	solo recording	Joyce Yang	Avie Records		[8]
11 February 2014	Tchaikovsky: Tempest, Piano Concerto No. 1	orchestral	Joyce Yang Alexander Lazarev, conductor Odense Symphony Orchestra	Bridge Records	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	Joyce Yang Alexander String Quartet	Foghorn Classics		[11]
13 September 2016	Michael Torke: Three Manhattan Bridges	orchestral	Joyce Yang, piano Julie Albers, cello David Alan Miller, conductor Albany Symphony Orchestra	Albany Records		[12]
11 November 2016	Works for Violin and Piano by Franck, Kurtág, Previn, Schumann	chamber music	Augustin Hadelich, violin Joyce Yang, piano	Avie Records	nominated for 2018 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance	[13]