Praised by the Washington Post as a “jaw-dropping pianist who steals the show…with effortless finesse,” pianist AMY YANG balances a career as soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. Among her numerous collaborators are Yefim Bronfman, Roberto Díaz, Miriam Fried, Richard Goode, Kim Kashkashian, Arnold Steinhardt, Ida Kavafian, Patricia Kopatchinskaya, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Joseph Silverstein; the St. Paul and Mahler chamber orchestras; Third Coast Percussion; A Far Cry; members of the Guarneri String Quartet; and the Dover, Jasper, Momenta, and Aizuri string quartets. She has appeared as a soloist with the Houston, Tuscaloosa, and Mansfield symphony orchestras; the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and Orquesta Juvenil Universitaria Eduardo Mata de la UNAM. She made her debut playing Schumann’s Piano Concerto with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vänskä at Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center in 2023. At the Curtis Institute of Music, she is the Director of Chamber Music and Piano Studies.
She was also featured in a full episode of Emmy® Award-winning producer Jim Cotter’s Articulate, which aired on PBS in 2021.
Amy has premiered music by Caroline Shaw, Avner Dorman, Michael Hersch, Ezra Laderman, Steve Mackey, and Hua Yang. She has appeared at the Marlboro, Ravinia, Aldeburgh, Bravo! Vail, Olympic, and Ojai music festivals; Verbier Academy; Cal Performances; Caramoor; IMS Prussia Cove; Spoleto; Chamberfest Cleveland, and Chamber Music Northwest. Her discography includes a debut solo album; recordings with violinists Tessa Lark, Itamar Zorman, Danbi Um; clarinetist José Franch-Ballester; a live recording of music by Michael Hersch, performed at the Aldebergh Festival; and on Curtis Studio’s latest release: “A Century of New Sounds.”