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Huang Tiange, composer and pianist, heir to the third generation in a family of artists and musicians, began his studies under his father, Professor Huang Qiuyuan, at four years old.
After Huang performed his Solo Piano Recital Debut at five years of age, he received attention from top media organizations, such as Guangming Daily (光明日报), China's Music Weekly (音乐周报), among others. At six years old, his first orchestral work, Four Tang Poems for soprano and orchestra was composed, refreshing the historical record previously held by Mozart. This piece later won the ASCAP Young Composers Award in 2013. At seven years old, Huang composed his Symphony No. 1, a full-length symphony for orchestra.
His talents and abilities in the music field have been widely recognized by the media globally. At merely ten years old, Huang was recognized by the People's Daily (人民日报) as an outstanding Chinese prodigy in the field of arts. Fox regarded Huang as "one of the world’s best classical pianists”. Huang has received additional critical acclaim from top media organizations such as China Culture Daily, New York Daily News, Sing Tao Daily, Apple Daily (HK), and over 200 other media organizations around the world. Over his career, in addition to many sold-out performances internationally, he has been invited to perform by major corporations such as VW Group's Audi AG, Newmark Knight Frank (now Newmark Group) and others. Various prestigious venues Huang has performed at include the China Millennium Monument, Flushing Town Hall, Minzu University of China, among others.
At fourteen years old, Huang accumulated in his repertoire nearly two dozen of the finest and greatest concertos written for piano in addition to his continuing to expand solo repertoire. The same year, China Central Television invited him and his family to appear in the talk show Talk to the World where they were featured in an episode aired a year later, The Journey Behind the Rise of Music Prodigy Huang Tiange.
In 2019, Huang recorded and later published Czerny Op. 599 Complete, with the intent of encouraging and motivating the next generation of pianists in their early journey, and to help the next generation discover the musical beauty contained in piano etudes often overlooked.
During his active career as a music pedagogue, Huang has produced pupils that have been accepted into top institutions globally, such as China's Central Conservatory of Music. Huang is a highly sought-after pedagogue by many currently enrolled at various conservatories and universities around the world.
Professor Huáng Qiūyuăn is a composer, conductor, and music pedagogue. His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, China, Southeast Asia and Europe. Grand ballet Hot Drums Hot Dance, commissioned by the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts has been performed over 200 in Canada and the United States, and live DVD was released in the United States and China. Grand ballet Turandot was commissioned by the Guangzhou Ballet, choreographed by Maestro André Prokovsky. Other large scale works include grand opera Loulan and grand ballet Tang Wan. Other organizations that have performed his music works include National Centre for the Performing Arts (China), China National Opera House, China National Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony, China Film Philharmonic, Chongqing National Orchestra, and others. He received additional commissions from Ministry of Culture, People’s Republic of China, China National Opera House, Beijing Dance Academy and other national level organizations. In 2012, Huang was invited to conduct Chongqing New Year Gala Concert, premiering his own Chongqing Rhapsody.
In 1994, he won the Third Music From China International Composition Competition in New York City. In 1997, Ministry of Culture, People’s Republic of China awarded the Composition Prize during the Artistic Works for the Youth Competition. Additionally, among others, he has received in 2002 the Best Opera Award from again the Ministry of Culture, trice in a row the ASCAP Plus Awards in 2013, 2014, and 2015. His work has been performed New York Chinese Composers Festival in 1995, International Society for Contemporary Music’s World Music Days in 1995 and 2007, and in 2005 at the Chinese Performing Arts Festival in Vancouver. Prof. Huáng’s name has appeared in China’s National Secondary School Curriculum at age 30. He has received media attention from major journalistic organizations globally, such as Fox, China Central Television, Hunan TV, Guangdong TV, China Radio International.
Prof. Huáng graduated from Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music in 1996 with first place, where he studied composition, piano, and conducting. After the graduation, he served as Assistant Artistic Director and Composer-in-Residence of China National Opera.
Prof. Huáng has taught music courses as an adjunct professor, visiting professor, or lecturing expert taught courses at Minzu University of China, Beijing City University, Beijing Language and Culture University, held lectures at The Education University of Hong Kong in music composition and Yili Normal University in piano pedagogy. In Dream Piano Institute, he has taught piano and composition students from Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard School, Colburn School, The State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Central Conservatory of Music, and Dr. Sun Yet-sen University.
Beyond his music career, he continued his work in other fields of creative arts. Huang has published painting albums and held art exhibitions. His artworks have been commissioned and collected by major institutions, museums, universities, and temples, including the China Millennium Monument and the Center for Asia Pacific Affairs. In 2015, he was invited to attend the 7th Mid-Autumn International Poetry Festival at the China Millennium Monument and delivered a keynote speech as the representative of poets at the opening ceremony.