CHOPIN Salons: SEASON of WINNERS
Sundays at 4 PM
Miami Beach Woman’s Club
2401 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Imagine spending a delightful afternoon with other classical music lovers enjoying beautiful piano music performed by masterful musicians - all in a lovely tropical Miami Beach setting. Now imagine enjoying a glass of wine after the concert while mingling with fellow audience members and artists. Then imagine extending the experience with an elegant sit-down buffet dinner where the conversations get interesting, and the wine continues to flow.
You’ve just pictured the CHOPIN Salons! Set at the historic Miami Beach Woman’s Club, this season will feature two distinguished artists. Admission is complimentary for members, and non-members are invited to purchase a ticket.
Enjoy the unique ambiance of this historic Miami Beach landmark and a cultural experience like no other.
Concert & Wine Reception: $50 General Admission
Post-Concert Dinner (Optional): $75 per person (tax & service fees included)
Active Chopin Foundation Members receive complimentary admission
The Chopin Foundation Member complimentary concert & reception code can be applied to either ticket type.
Request your member code by contacting admin@chopin.org or calling 305-868-0624.
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William Yang - March 23
1st Prize, Best Mazurka, & Best Sonata Winner - 11th National Chopin Piano Competition
Twenty-three-year-old William Yang won first prize at the 2025 National Chopin Piano Competition in Miami, Florida. Along with the $100,000 first prize, he also receives a recording project on the Steinway label and a concert tour that includes a performance at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in June, 2025. At the same Competition, William was awarded prizes for the best performance of a mazurka and sonata. Recognition at earlier competitions include Second Prize at the 2014 Midwest International Piano Competition, Sixth Prize at the 2018 Thomas and Evon Cooper International Piano Competition, and semifinalist and winner of the special Bach Prize at the 2015 Cleveland International Piano Competition.
As a soloist, Mr. Yang has appeared with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra, and the Minnesota Orchestra. He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music and is currently a Kovner Fellow at The Juilliard School studying under Robert McDonald. His previous teachers were Alexander Korsantia and Paul Wirth. Mr. Yang has also received instruction from Hung- Kuan Chen, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Gary Graffman, Peter Takacs, Boris Berman, and Andre Watts, among others.
William Yang began piano studies at the age of four and gave his first performances at age seven. Outside of piano, William enjoys playing table tennis.
Program:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Partita No. 1 in Bb Major, BWV 825
Frederic Chopin (1810 – 1849)
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Nocturnes, Op. 32, No.1 & 2
Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
Eric Lu - April 27
1st Prize winner at the 2015 National Chopin Competition, 4th Prize at the 2015 International Chopin Competition, & 1st Prize winner of the 2018 Leeds Competition
Eric Lu, First Prize winner of the 9th National Chopin Piano Competition, gained international recognition as a Laureate of the 2015 International Piano Competition in Warsaw at age 17. He went on to win First Prize at The Leeds International Piano Competition in 2018, the first American to do so since Murray Perahia. A recipient of the 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant, he has also been a BBC New Generation Artist and is an exclusive Warner Classics recording artist.
Eric has performed with top orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, London Symphony, and Boston Symphony, under renowned conductors such as Riccardo Muti and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. He appears regularly at major venues, including Wigmore Hall and Warsaw's "Chopin and His Europe Festival."
His acclaimed recordings, including Schubert Sonatas and Chopin's 24 Preludes, affirm his status as one of today's finest interpreters. A Massachusetts native born in 1997, Eric is a graduate of the Curtis Institute, where he studied with Robert McDonald, Jonathan Biss, and Dang Thai Son.
Program:
TBA Featuring works by Frédéric Chopin.
All artists, dates, and programs are subject to change without notice.
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Pianos by Steinway & Sons, Artistic Partner of the Chopin Foundation of the United States