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Revision as of 04:40, 13 August 2021

Nahre Sol (b. 1991), also known as Alice Hwang or Alice Gi-Young Hwang, is an American composer, classical pianist, and YouTuber of Korean descent.

Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, Op. 20.ogg performed by Alice Gi-Young Hwang
Chopin Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31, Alice Gi-Young Hwang
Chopin Scherzo no. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39, Alice Gi-Young Hwang
Chopin Scherzo no. 4 in E major, Op. 54, Alice Gi-Young Hwang

Early life and Education

Alice Gi-Young Hwang attended the Orange County High School of the Arts and graduated from the Idyllwild Arts Academy in 2009, where she was class valedictorian and recipient of The Most Outstanding Arts Student award[1]. She received her Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the Juilliard School in 2013, studying with Matti Raekallio, and her Artist Diploma from The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada in 2015, studying with John O'Connor. She also participated in master classes at the International Mendelssohn-Academy Leipzig[2], at the International Holland Music Sessions as a scholarship recipient[3], and was a 2013 recipient of a Fulbright France Harriet Hale Woolley Award in the Arts Grant, allowing her to study in Paris with Gabriel Tacchino and Narcis Bonet, pupils of Francis Poulenc and Nadia Boulanger. While at Juilliard, she co-founded the T.R.I.O. Project (Teaching and Responding Through Internet Outreach).[4]

Competitions and Awards

She was Gold Medal Winner of the NFAA YoungARTS program, a semi-finalist of the Presidential Scholars in the Arts Program, recipient of the Sarra and Emmanuil Senderov Award at Arizona State University for the “Most outstanding performance of a piece by a Russian composer” at the 3rd Schimmel USASU International Piano Competition[5], and won prizes at the “Tomorrow’s Stars” Competition held by the Orange County Performing Arts Center, the Spotlight Awards, the Idyllwild Arts Academy Concerto Competition, the Steinway Society of Redlands Piano Competition, the Young Artists Peninsula Music Festival, the Redlands Bowl Young Artists Auditions[6], the MTAC State Concerto Competition, the 2008 Bronislaw Kaper Awards for Young Artists[7], and the Young Pianist Category of Southwestern Youth Music Festival[8]. She also was a contestant in such competitions as the William Kapell International Piano Competition and the 2015 National Chopin Competition in Miami, Florida.[9]

Abandonment of traditional performing career

After graduating from the Glenn Gould School, she abandoned her traditional piano performance career, working for some time as a commercial photographer, before resuming her musical activities through a series of online videos under the title Practice Notes using the name Nahre Sol, a nickname her father used to call her[10]. She also released a set of recordings of the Chopin Scherzos which were recorded as an undergraduate at Juilliard through Musopen[11][12].

Recognition as Nahre Sol

She is best-known as the co-host of the PBS Digital Studios show "Sound Field"[13], as well as her own YouTube channel[14], with over 400,000 subscribers as of mid-2021[15]. She has also been a guest host of NPR's Performance Today[16][17], created a video for Wired magazine[18], appeared as a guest on the online channel Physics Girl[19], and collaborated with other composers and musicians such as David Bruce, Andrew Huang, Adam Neely, Tantacrul, and Ben Levin[20][21]. She was nominated in the category Best YouTube Musician in the 12th Annual Shorty Awards in 2020[22]. The blog Pianote featured her YouTube channel as #1 on their list of top YouTube pianists[23].

As a composer, Nahre Sol has had works commissioned by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra[24] and her music was used in the film The Boss Baby: Family Business[25]. In 2021, she released a digital album called "Alice in Wonderland".[26]

References

  1. ^ "Alice Wang - pianist". Heartists, Inc. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ "Participants 2012". International Mendelssohn-Academy Leipzig. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  3. ^ "Alumni Updates". Impact @ Idyllwild Arts. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  4. ^ "Founders". The T.R.I.O. Project - Teaching and Responding Through Internet Outreach. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  5. ^ "3rd Bösendorfer and Schimmel USASU International Piano Competitions". School of Music, Arizona State University. 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  6. ^ "Young Artists Competition Winners". Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  7. ^ "Polish Music Center Newsletter Vol. 14, no. 7". Polish Music Center, USC Thornton School of Music. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  8. ^ "Alice Hwang, pianist". Heartists, Inc. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  9. ^ "The Ninth National Chopin Piano Competition 2015" (PDF). Chopin Foundation of the United States. 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  10. ^ "Practice Notes". Nahre Sol. Retrieved 2021-08-12 – via Facebook.
  11. ^ "Alice Hwang Music". Musopen. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  12. ^ "Chopin: The Scherzos~ Release by Alice Gi-Young Hwang". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  13. ^ "Sound Field". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  14. ^ "Accessible classics - Millennial classical pianist Nahre Sol is right at home in the livestreamed world". Winnipeg Free Press. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  15. ^ "Nahre Sol". Nahre Sol. Retrieved 2021-08-12 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "Nahre Sol". YourClassical Radio. 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  17. ^ "Nahre Sol's Musical Explorations". YourClassical Radio. 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  18. ^ "16 Levels of Piano Composition: Easy to Complex". Conde Nast. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  19. ^ "Physics Girl - Experiments with $100,000+ Speakers - Full Cast and Crew". IMDB. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  20. ^ "5 Composers, 1 Theme". David Bruce. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2021-08-12 – via YouTube.
  21. ^ "Nahre Sol and I Wrote a Graphic Score". Ben Levin. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-12 – via YouTube.
  22. ^ "From the 12th Annual Shorty Awards - Best YouTube Musician". Shorty Awards LLC. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  23. ^ "10 YouTube Piano Players to Inspire You". Musora Media, Inc. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  24. ^ "Nahre Sol - Pianist, Composer, Pioneer - & MCO". Manitoba Chamber Orchestra. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  25. ^ "The Boss Baby: Family Business - Full Cast & Crew". IMDB. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  26. ^ "Alice in Wonderland ~ Release by Nahre Sol". MusicBrainz. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
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