Staff Report
Pianists Natasha Stojanovska and Chenxing Huang will take the stage at 3 p.m. today, Nov. 5 at First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, 208 Grant Ave.
Stojanovska and Huang are familiar performers in Los Alamos. Stojanovska is a former resident but still teaches local students and Huang performed Wednesday in Fuller Lodge as part of the Los Alamos Arts Council’s Brown Bag Series.
Sunday’s concert will feature pieces by Mozart, Brahms, Dvoȓák, Debussy and Khachaturian.
Huang, who is Chinese, and Stojanovska, who is Macedonian and resides in Santa Fe, met at Northwestern University in Chicago and became friends.
“Our bond has always been marked by a deep appreciation of each other’s artistry,” Haung said. “With my upcoming visit to the area for two other solo recitals, which are part of the TGIF and Brown Bag concert series, we were thrilled to see our dream of performing a duo concert becoming a reality.”
Based on the two pianists’ resumes, it seems Sunday’s concert is worth attending.
Huang is an international award-winning pianist who has toured across the U.S., Europe and Asia. She earned laurels at several competitions including Concours Ile-de-France and Concours Musical de France. She has performed at famed venues such as Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Viennese Hall, Bibliotheque Polonaise de Paris, National Centre for the Performing in Beijing. During her latest performing season, Huang held a solo recital as part of the esteemed Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, reaching a broad audience through its broadcast on WFMT 98.7. She also served as an “Artist-in-Residence” in Portugal, delivering a solo performance. Additionally, she received an invitation from the President of the Association of Polish Artists & Musicians in France to perform solo recitals in Paris, with the proceeds going to organizations assisting refugees from the Russo-Ukrainian war.
She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from Northwestern University, an Artist Diploma and Master of Music degree from Yale University. She achieved the highest admission score to the piano department at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where she earned her bachelor’s degree.
Stojanovska, who is also an internationally award-winning pianist, just released her Debut CD Album “Uncommon Voices” exploring music by Eastern European Women Composers with Navona Records, PARMA Recordings. Her upcoming CD Album” Uncommon Voices, Part II: American Women Composers” is due for a release in June and it will be sponsored by the Chicago’s Musicians Club of Women. Some of Stojanovska’s recent projects and performances include the Princeton and Ear Taxi Music Festivals as well as the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, IU South Bend Piano Series and Chatter / Ensemble Music New Mexico.
Stojanovska completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Music Theory at The Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. She received her Artist Diploma and Master of Music in Piano Performance from Indiana University South Bend; a Bachelor of Music in piano performance from Lynn University, Conservatory of Music. In Europe she studied with Todor Svetiev and Margareta Tatarchevska. Stojanovska has performed solo and chamber music recitals in France, Portugal, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, South Korea, Haiti and the U.S. Plus, her performances have been broadcasted on: WUSF public Media; Macedonian Radio and Television, WFMT Chicago; WNIT Public Television.
Tickets for Sunday’s performance are $30 for adults and $15 for children. They can be purchased at the door.