Hilda Huang performing on "From the Top at the Pops"
Pianist Hilda Huang placed third in the Seventh International Würzburg J. S. Bach Competition (first and second prizes were not awarded). She played the “Goldberg” Variations in the final round of the contest, held in Bavaria, Germany in March. The competition is open to all musicians under age 36, but Hilda is just 14, and she’s their youngest winner ever! After the competition, she was invited to record her English Suite with the local Bavarian radio station. What’s more is that Hilda will make her conducting debut with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra on April 17.
Hilda was fascinated by Bach even at age 11, when she played on an episode of From the Top at Carnegie Hall. Read a 2009 interview with Hilda about her love of Bach here.
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Why didn’t the competition award a first or second place prize? It’s completely mystifying. If Hilda was the top finisher, why not move her to the top?
In any case, I congratulate her. She was wonderful on From The Top, and it is evident that this has continued.
Sometimes juries reserve the right not to award first or second prize, (sometimes the musical competition world is mystifying!) regardless, she was still the best!
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