Myra Huang

Acclaimed by Opera News as “one of the top accompanists of her generation” and “…a colouristic tour de force” by the New York Times, Grammy Award-nominated pianist Myra Huang has established herself as one of the leading recitalists and opera educators in the United States. Huang is invited regularly to perform around the world, with tours including regular appearances at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Kennedy Center, the 92nd Street Y, Lincoln Center, and the Park Avenue Armory. Huang was chosen as the recipient of the Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artist Award for 2019 by the Classical Recording Foundation for her consummate artistry. She was regularly invited to perform in recital for the Supreme Court justices by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Huang was the pianist for the Operalia international competition directed by tenor Placido Domingo from 2005–19, performing at opera houses around the world, including the Royal Opera House in London, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and Teatro Real in Madrid. Her performance at Carnegie Hall with tenor Lawrence Brownlee was chosen by WQXR (New York city’s classical radio station) as one of the performances of 2018. Past and upcoming collaborations include recitals with Fleur Barron, J’Nai Bridges, Lawrence Brownlee, Sasha Cooke, Ying Fang, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, Joshua Hopkins, Will Liverman, Ana-María Martinez, Angela Meade, Latonia Moore, Erin Morley, Nicholas Phan, Susanna Phillips, Roderick Williams, and clarinetist Anthony McGill. Huang received two Grammy nominations for her albums Gods and Monsters (2018) and Clairières (2020) with tenor Nicholas Phan on the Avie record label.

Huang is the Head of Music for the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera, Head of Music of Aspen Opera Theater Vocal Arts at the Aspen Music Festival, and a member of the faculty of the Collaborative Piano Department at the Manhattan School of Music, where she mentors and trains young opera singers and pianists of the next generation. She has been on the music staff of Washington National Opera, the Palau de les Arts (Spain), New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. She regularly adjudicates national and international competitions including the Laffont Competition at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as administers master classes at institutions across the country. Huang is a Steinway artist.