In June 2005, at nineteen years of age, Joyce Yang was awarded the silver medal at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The prize package included $20,000, three years of U.S. concert engagements, and a compact disc recording on the harmonia mundi usa label. The youngest of the Cliburn Competition's participants, she was the recipient of both the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance of Chamber Music, as well as the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New Work. Of her spectacular finish at one of the world's most prestigious showcases for young talent, she told reporters, "I'm still dreaming." There is no doubt that Joyce captured the hearts of all who heard her!
The dream continued that summer as Joyce Yang appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Mann Center, the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival, the Aspen Symphony, and she opened the season of the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. In November 2006, Joyce Yang made her New York Philharmonic debut with Lorin Maazel in Avery Fisher Hall, preceded by concerts with them in Korea. Her 2006-2007 season also includes engagements with the symphonies of Houston, Indianapolis, Fort Worth, Colorado, Kansas City, Colorado Springs, and Orlando, as well as numerous recitals throughout North America and in Europe, including appearances at the Kennedy Center for the Washington Performing Arts Society and the Tonhalle in Zurich, Switzerland.
Thank you for adding me! I am glad to be among your friends! Let me know if you have concerts in Boston area. I will be glad to hear you play live! Stay in touch!
*******JOYCE, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED A WOW WOMAN AND ARE FEATURED ON THE CREATIVE SPIRIT PAGE IN THE TOP 24 WOW WOMAN SECTION!***********
I am a mother, educator and musician, and I feature woman who are doing inspiring work.
thank you Joyce! Racquel Badalament Tirrell, New York
I see where The Kansas City Star said of your Feb. 11, 2007, performance of Gershwin's Concerto in F with the Kansas City Symphony that your 'playing Sunday had such a natural, unforced ease that you couldn’t help being pulled along.' I also see where you'll be back in the area with an appearance Feb. 17, 2008, with the Takacs Quartet at the University of Kansas' Lied Center.
I'll be there!