About Piano Cleveland

Ryan Huang

February 01st 2023

Ryan Huang is a scholarship student of The Phil and Eli Taylor Academy under Dr. Michael Berkovsky. Previously, he studied piano with Dr. Olga Chichova beginning at age six. Ryan is enthusiastic about performing on stage. He has already performed with many orchestras including The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (Russia); The Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra (China); The Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra (Canada); and will soon play with a full symphony orchestra in Vienna (Austria) as one of the finalists in the Classicalia, Global Televised Music Competition. Ryan has performed several times in Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In July 2019, he held his first full length solo concert, “Sounds of Summer by Ryan Huang,” at Shanghai Symphony Hall.

Ryan is a top prize winner of many international music competitions, including: First Prize, the XXII “The Nutcracker” International Televised Music Competition in Moscow; First Prize, the Young Euregio Piano Award IPC (Germany); Grand Prize, Steinway & Son Junior Competition; Second Prize, 27th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Children and Youth; Third Prize, Jeune Chopin. In addition to piano, Ryan likes violin, math, and language arts. He was admitted by John Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth with Highest Awards for both math and language arts. He has also been a member of Mensa International since age seven. In his leisure time, he likes to play chess and ice hockey.


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