Piano Pedagogy Spotlight: An interview with Frank Huang – Part 4

This is the fourth and final interview with American pianist and professor Frank Huang. In Part 4 he discusses his love for and approach to teaching. Why do you love teaching? What is your teaching philosophy? As a piano professor, it gives me great satisfaction and fulfilment to motivate, encourage, and empower students towards developing…

Piano Pedagogy Spotlight: An interview with Frank Huang – Part 3

My Piano Pedagogy Spotlight guest is currently American pianist and piano professor Frank Huang. In this interview, Frank discusses his performing career. How did your extraordinary nine-disc project, recording the works of Russian composer Nikolai Medtner, come about? What attracts you to this music? I first encountered Nikolai Medtner’s music as a student at Juilliard…

Piano Pedagogy Spotlight: An Interview with Frank Huang – Part 2

I’m continuing my series of interviews focusing on piano pedagogy featuring professors and faculty members of universities and music conservatoires around the world. This week’s guest writer and interviewee is American concert pianist and associate professor Frank Huang who works at Miami University based in Ohio, USA. In part two of this series, Frank answers…

Piano Pedagogy Spotlight: An Interview Series with Frank Huang – Part 1

I’m continuing my series of interviews focusing on piano pedagogy featuring professors and faculty members of universities and music conservatoires around the world. My latest guest writer is Frank Huang who is an American concert pianist and Associate Professor at Miami University which is based in Ohio, USA. Over a series of four posts, Frank…