Huang Ruo: Chamber Concerto Cycle (2000-2002)

CML call number: CD CLASSICAL Huang
Allan Kozinn wrote in the New York Times: "Mr. Huang was born in 1976 on Hainan Island, in southern China, and grew up in Guangzhou, not far from Hong Kong. … 'I grew up in a China where people started to wear bluejeans,' Mr. Huang said, 'and where we would listen to Bach at the same time as pop songs. It could be Michael Jackson, it could be the Beatles. And Stravinsky's music came to China. I remember hearing 'The Rite of Spring' and thinking, "My, I haven't heard anything like this before."' … Mr. Huang came to the United States in 1995, after he won the Henry Mancini prize at the International Film and Music Festival in Switzerland. … He has established himself quickly. Another competition victory in 2000 led to a performance of his 'Three Pieces for Orchestra' by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Since then, his list of works has expanded substantially, with music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, solo instruments and voice. His four chamber concertos, which made a powerful impression when they were performed at the Miller Theater in 2003, have just been released on CD by Naxos" (4/14/07).