Joyce Yang featured in New York City street piano event

2010 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Joyce Yang brings classical
music to the streets of New York in July during the "Play Me, I'm Yours"
festival presented by Sing For Hope. "Play Me, I'm Yours" is an artwork
by British artist Luke Jerram who has been touring the project globally
since 2008. From 9am-10pm each day, 60 pianos - each a work of art - are
available for anyone to play across New York City.



Joyce Yang is featured in the closing concert on Monday, July 5th;
the 2005 Van Cliburn Silver Medalist will play at 4 PM at Lincoln Center's
Hearst Plaza.

"Play Me, I'm Yours" officially launches Yang's busy summer. In July
she returns to the Chicago Symphony under conductor James Conlon at the
Ravinia festival for Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety" (July 11), performs at
recital at the Crested Butte Music Festival in Colorado (July 19), and
makes her San Francisco Symphony under Alondra de la Parra with
Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto (July 23). At the Aspen Music
Festival she performs Tchaikovsky with Leonard Slatkin, and chamber
music in California at La Jolla Summerfest (August 24 & 27).

The mission of Sing For Hope/Arts Activism in Action is to bring people
together through music. For artist Luke Jerram, "Play Me, I'm Yours" is
a catalyst for conversation. For more information, visit
http://www.streetpianos.com/nyc2010/

Article in Symphony Magazine: Joyce Yang receives Fisher Career Grant

A Highly-Decorated Graduate

On May 27th, Joyce Yang received her B.M. in Piano, graduating from The Juilliard School with special honor, as the recipient of the 2010 Arthur Rubinstein Prize, which came with an award $2000. The Prize, honoring the Polish-American pianist Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982), has been awarded annually at Commencement since 1996 to an outstanding pianist chosen by the Dean and faculty. Previous winners of the Prize include Hong Xu, Ran Dank, Konstantin Soukhovetski, Ron Regev, Shai Wosner, Chuan Qin and Helen Huang.

In addition, Yang was recently selected by The Julliard School to receive an award in memory of legendary pianist Samuel Sanders. The award was given by Martin Sanders, Samuel's brother and Board vice chair of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. As a result of this honor, Yang will play a recital at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art on November 6th.

She recently sat down for an interview and performance with NPR's Fred Child. The piece celebrates composer Robert Schumann's Bicentennial, featuring a discussion of Schumann's music and a performance of his "Carnaval." Audio from the interview and the performance can be found at NPR's website.