Huang-Miyamoto Duo

Explore the rarely heard F-A-E Sonata — the collaborative work of Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Albert Dietrich — as well as Schumann’s epic Violin Sonata No. 2 in this concert by the Huang-Miyamoto Duo, featuring violinist Wanchi Huang and pianist Peter Miyamoto. The concert will also include a new work for solo violin, to be announced.

In 1853, three composer friends — the established Robert Schumann, and the younger Johannes Brahms and Albert Dietrich — combined their talents to write the F-A-E Sonata, a four movement work for violin and piano they dedicated as a gift to violinist Joseph Joachim. The first movement, by Dietrich and sonata form, is followed by a short intermezzo by Schumann, a scherzo by Brahms, and a final fourth movement by Schumann.

Wanchi Huang made her solo debut at the age of 14 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Catherine Comet. She has enjoyed a career as an active performer in chamber music, solo recitals, and as a soloist with regional orchestras throughout North America and Asia, at venues including Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Curtis on Tour and numerous music festivals. She is currently professor of violin at James Madison University School of Music.

Pianist Peter Miyamoto has enjoyed a brilliant international career, performing to great acclaim in recital and as soloist in Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, China and Japan, and in major US cities such as Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington D.C. In 1990, Miyamoto was named the first Gilmore Young Artist. He won numerous other competitions, including the American Pianist Association National Fellowship Competition, the D’Angelo Competition, the San Francisco Symphony Competition and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Competition, and was a top-prize winner in the National Chopin Piano Competition.