William Yang

Age: 23

Hometown: New York, New York

School/Teacher: Juilliard School / Robert McDonald

Twenty-three-year-old 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 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 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, Andre Watts, and others. He began piano at age four and gave his first performances at age seven. Outside of piano, William enjoys playing table tennis.

Repertoire

Preliminaries 

Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 (Ekier)

Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1 (Ekier)

Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42 (Ekier)

Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10 (Ekier)

 

Quarterfinals 

Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op. 60 (Ekier)

Nocturnes, Op. 32 (Ekier)

Andante Spianato and Polonaise in E-flat Major, Op. 22 (Ekier) 

Preludes, Op. 28, No. 19-24, (Ekier)

 

Semifinals 

Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54 (Paderewski)

Mazurkas, Op. 33 (Ekier)

Sonata in B minor, Op. 58 (Ekier)

 

Finals 

Polonaise-Fantasy, Op. 61 (Ekier)

Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 (Ekier)