Sirena Huang

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Name = Sirena Huang


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Sirena Huang (born c. 1994) is a concert violinist. Sirena Huang started violin lessons at four with Mrs Linda Fiore at the Hartt School. Described by Stephen Clapp, her current violin professor at the Juilliard school as a "musical artist with qualities of maturity far beyond her age" [cite web|url=http://www.hartford.edu/daily/events.asp?id=210|title=Young Violinist to Raise Money for Scholarships|accessdate=2008-07-31|publisher=University of Hartford] , she has won major prizes : In 2003, she was the First Prize Winner in the junior division of "Remember Enescu" International Violin Competition held in Romania.In 2004, she won Second Place as the youngest contestant in the Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists held in Germany.In addition, she was awarded the Special Prize for "Best Bach Interpretation".Sirena was elected twice as the youngest of ten "Exceptional Young Artists" worldwide at the 2nd and 3rd "Starling-Delay Symposium for Violin Study" at Juilliard School in June 2003 and June 2005.In 2007, she received Third Prize in the Wieniawski International Competition for Young Violinists held in Lublin, Poland.

Marion and Elie Wiesel invited Sirena to play for King Abdullah II of Jordan at the World Peace Conference held in Petra in 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.newhavensymphony.com/allegro2008march.htm|title=Allegro! The New Haven Symphony Orchestra E-Newsletter|accessdate=2008-07-31]

She made her professional orchestra solo debut with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra at the age of 9 followed with the Staatskapelle Weimar (Germany).Her orchestra solo performances include Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in New Jersey, the Juilliard Pre-College Chamber Orchestra, Beth-el Synagogue Orchestra in Connecticut and Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra in Massachusetts.She appeared in "The Great Music for a Great City"series in New York City.

She is also invited to perform in festivals such as the Simsbury Chamber Music Festival, the Eastern Music Festival and the Usdan Festival Concert Series.

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External links

* [http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=s_huang Sirena Huang's 25 min Performance at TED Conference (2006) Monterey, CA]

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NAME = Huang, Sirena
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = classical violinist
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