Anna Han has given performances at such noted venues as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Alice Tully Hall, the Phillips Collection, the Lied Center of Kansas, and the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. She has played as soloist with orchestras around the United States, including the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and Chandler Symphony Orchestra, where she made her orchestral debut playing Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. She has premiered several works, including Michael Brown's Suite for Piano, which she recorded for the Steinway & Sons label. An avid chamber musician, she has participated in the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Juilliard ChamberFest, and the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival Winter Workshop.
An Arizona native, Ms. Han began her musical journey at the East Valley Yamaha Music School at age four and started taking private piano lessons the following year. She currently studies at Juilliard, where she is a Kovner Fellowship recipient.
Age: 23
Country: United States
Professional Training:
2014 - present The Juilliard School
2001 - 2014 New Century Conservatory
Teachers:
2014 - present Robert McDonald
2001 - 2014 Fei Xu
Competitions and Awards:
2016 Juilliard Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, Winner
2016 Music Academy of the West Piano Concerto Competition, Winner
2012 New York International Piano Competition, First Prize
Text Piece
PRELIMINARY RECITAL
Beethoven Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78
Saint-Saëns/
Danse macabre, Op. 40
Liszt/Horowitz
Chopin Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68, No. 4
Mazurka in D major, Op. 33, No. 2
Mazurka in C major, Op. 33, No. 3
Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
SEMIFINAL ROUND
Recital
Bach French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813
Beethoven Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
No. 7 in A major
No. 15 in D-flat major
Schumann Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 11, “Florestan und Eusebius”
FINAL ROUND
Phase I
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Phase II
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15