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Claire Huangci (Pianist)

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Claire Huangci (Born March 1990) is an American classical pianist


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Claire was born in Rochester, New York form a Chinese parents. Her parents are both scientists. Claire received a grand piano for her 6th year birthday present. She noodled around on her own, got some help from her mother, who knew how to read music, she was enrolled into Settlement Music School of Philadelphia when she was 7 and in the same year, she was featured on FOX news as a child prodigy with “the skills of a professional pianist.”


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After completed four years of study at the Curtis Institute with Eleanor Sokoloff, Gary Graffman, Marcantonio Barone. Claire is continuing her music education in Germany at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik under Professor Arie Vardi from October, 2007.


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Having won the International Chopin-Comeptition in Darmstadt/Germany in October 2009, she was awarded the first prize at the National Chopin Piano Competition of the United States in March 2010 again for her distinguished Chopin interpretations.