nhi huynh
Pianist
Nhi is an advocate of new music with a strong passion for promoting contemporary music, bringing the genre to a wider audience. As a winner of Stony Brook University Concerto Competition 2020, Nhi performed Sheila Silver's Piano Concerto (1996) with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra in 2022. She has premiered and performed many works by living composers such as George Crumb, William Bolcom, Sheila Silver, Unsuk Chin, Wang Lu, and the Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble.
Nhi is also an avid chamber musician and was in Gilbert Kalish's Chamber Intensive 2018-2022. Their trio performed a concert for the Embassy of Armenia celebrating Komitas' 150th birthday at the Kreeger Museum in Washington, D.C. Nhi also had coachings and lessons with world-renowned musicians such as the Emerson String Quartet, Arnaud Sussmann, Jennifer Fraustchi, Colin Carr, David Requiro, Eduardo Leandro, Randall Scarlatta, Kyungwha Chu, Orion Weiss, Jon Nakamatsu, Christina Dahl, Stephanie Cheng, and Maria João Pires.
Beside her active performance career of solo and chamber music, Nhi is a dedicated teacher. She was an undergraduate piano instructor at the University of Denver and Stony Brook University, and the recipient of the Suffolk Piano Teachers Foundation Award in 2020 for her excellence in teaching. After a long hiatus of live music due to Covid, Nhi founded a Hospital Outreach Project - Ear to H(ear)t - that brings live musical performances to cancer patients and staff at the Stony Brook University Hospital & Cancer Center.
ABOUT ME!
Nhi Huynh made her orchestral debut with the Ho Chi Minh City Symphony Orchestra (Vietnam) at the age of thirteen, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat Major. During her ten years of majoring in piano performance at Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music in Vietnam with Teacher Emeritus Thanh Thao Tran, she was a regular performer on various programs and made frequent appearances on national television channels.
Nhi took 5 years away from the piano when she continued her academic education in New Zealand. She then pursued professional musical career at the University of Denver, where she earned her Master of Music with Steven Mayer. Nhi recently earned her Doctor of Musical Arts at SUNY Stony Brook (State University of New York) and was awarded the Ackerman Prize for Excellence in Graduate Studies (Performance), under the instruction of Gilbert Kalish.
Solo Performances
Nhi Huynh, piano, performs "Piano Concerto" (Sheila Silver) with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra
Nhi Huynh, piano, performs "Piano Concerto" (Sheila Silver) with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra
Chopin Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 (first movement)
Gubaidulina - “Chaconne” by Nhi Huynh
House Music Ep 67: Baldwin Giang and Nhi Huynh
Chamber Performances
Brahms Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 (first mov)
Brahms Quartet in C minor, Op. 60 (first mov)
Carter Sonata – 3rd & 4th movements
