AEGERI CONCERTS 26: Claire Huangci, Piano & Felix Klieser, Horn

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Claire Huangci, Piano:
The American pianist Claire Huangci gained international recognition by winning the first prize as well as the Mozart Prize at the Concours Géza Anda 2018 and awards at other major competitions. Since the 24/25 season, Claire Huangci has been working with Alpha Classics. Following a highly praised recording with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and Mozart piano concertos, she released her solo album Made in USA featuring works by American composers Gershwin, Beach, Barber, and Wild. Another recital album focusing on German and American female composers is planned for 2026. As the start of a series of international orchestral engagements, Claire Huangci will be a guest in 25/26 alongside debuts with the symphony orchestras in Baltimore, Bratislava, the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rheinische Philharmonie, the Santa Rosa Symphony, and the North Carolina Symphony. A highlight was also her appearance at the closing concert of the Carinthian Summer with Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F together with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna under the direction of Marin Alsop. In solo recitals and as a partner of international orchestras, Claire Huangci has already performed in major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall New York, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Philharmonie de Paris, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Philharmonie Berlin, Wiener Konzerthaus, and Festspielhaus Salzburg. She is a welcome guest at renowned festivals such as the Lucerne Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, or Klavierfestival Ruhr. Her esteemed musical partners include the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Munich and Basel Chamber Orchestras, as well as conductors Carl St. Clair, Elim Chan, Michael Francis, Howard Griffiths, Pietari Inkinen, Jun Märkl, Cornelius Meister, Eva Ollikainen, Alexander Shelley, Mario Venzago, and Thomas Guggeis. Born in Rochester, New York, Claire showed an early affinity for the piano and was invited to the White House in 1999 at the age of nine. She studied with Gary Graffman and Eleanor Sokoloff at the Curtis Institute of Music before moving to Hannover for further studies with Arie Vardi. Claire is a proud ambassador of the Henle publishing house and artistic director of the Erbacher Chamber Concerts. Felix Klieser, Horn:
Felix Klieser is an extraordinary artist in every respect. He began horn lessons at the age of 4 and became a young student at the University of Music, Theatre and Media Hannover at 13. In 2014, he received the ECHO Klassik as Young Artist of the Year and the Music Prize of the Association of German Concert Directors. He is also active as an author: his second book "Imagine it doesn't work, and someone does it anyway" was published in summer 2024 by Ullstein Verlag. In summer 2022, he made his debut at the Ravenna Festival at the invitation of Maestro Riccardo Muti. As the conclusion of his two-year residency with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, he gave his spectacular debut at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in summer 2023. The concert was broadcast live on both radio and television. Highlights of the 2025/2026 season include a tour with the Italian ensemble "I Solisti di Pavia" with concerts including at the Prinzregententheater Munich. The program with Italian opera arias transcribed for horn and orchestra will also be released in spring 2026 on the Berlin Classics/Edel label. PROGRAM
Horn & Piano Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Sonata in F major Op 17 Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Andante in C major Piano Solo
Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847)
Notturno in G minor
Introduction and Capriccio
February, June from the year Florence Price (1887 - 1953)
Fantasie Negre no 2 Horn & Piano
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839 - 1901)
Sonata Op 178 Schedule:
Opening of Aegerihalle: 18:00 with aperitif before the concert
Hall opening: 19:00
Concert start: 19:30 - 21:00 without intermission
Meet the Artists after the concert with bar service

Highlights

• Claire Huangci on piano
• Felix Klieser on horn
• Works by Beethoven, Strauss, and other composers

General Information

The concert takes place in the Aegerihalle in Unterägeri and presents a varied program of chamber music. The internationally renowned pianist Claire Huangci and horn player Felix Klieser perform works by renowned composers.

Location

Alte Landstrasse 113, 6314 Unterägeri, Switzerland

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