Hilda Huang, age 15, studies piano with John McCarthy and harpsichord with Corey Jamason in the Preparatory Division at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She has also received coaching from Anton Nel, Gilbert Kalish, and Wu Han.

Hilda was awarded the top prize in the 2010 International J.S. Bach Competition in Würzburg, Germany. She became the first American and the youngest prize-winner in the competition’s twenty year history.

Hilda was also named a 2008 Davidson Fellow by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development and received her award at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. In October of the same year, she made her concerto debut with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the late Erich Kunzel. This performance also marked her international recording debut with Telarc International.

In addition to her instrumental studies, Hilda was invited to conduct the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra in a family concert in April, 2010. She also conducted the San Francisco Bach Choir along with its Baroque Orchestra for their 75th Anniversary Season concert in March, 2011.

Last October, Hilda won the First Prize at the Tureck International Bach Competition for Young Pianists held in New York City.  She was also awarded the Special Jury Prize and the Faust Harrison Piano Recital Award, and will present a solo recital in October 2011 featuring J.S. Bach’s piano works.

As part of the May 2010 world premiere of Michael Lawrence’s documentary film ‘Bach & Friends,’ Hilda played in Symphony Space in New York; she was the youngest musician featured in the documentary.  

This season, Hilda performed as concerto soloist with the Philharmonia Baroque under the baton of Nicholas McGegan. She also performed with the Peninsula and Fremont Symphonies.

Next season, Hilda will present a solo recital at the Haus Blankenheim in Saarbrüken, Germany and the Faust Harrison Piano Showroom in New York. She will also debut as a soloist with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and the Symphony Parnassus.

Along with violinist Alexi Kenney, Hilda has been invited to present a duo recital in the Mondavi Arts Center at U.C. Davis as part of the Young Artist Debut Series.

As a first prize winner of the Bradshaw and Buono international Piano competition, Hilda has played in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2008 and 2009. She has also appeared as soloist at the Carmel Bach Festival in California and performed in the Young Artists Concert of the Steinway Society of the Bay Area.

Hilda has performed on both the nationally-broadcasted television program, 'From the Top at from Carnegie Hall' and 'From the Top' on National Public Radio. Hilda has also been a student in the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Institute in California for the past five summers.

She has been featured on Big Think, a global forum connecting people and ideas, was invited to create her own blog for the Glenn Gould Foundation in Toronto, and recently presented her work at the TEDx Gunn High School this past May.

Hilda studies at the Palo Alto High School and will graduate in 2013. In addition to her musical pursuits, she enjoys acrobatic sports such as diving and gymnastics, and serving as a reporter for the Viking Sports Magazine.