Hu, Xiao

Title
Adjunct Faculty in Music
Office:
Jenson-Noble 173
Phone:
+1.563.387.1056
Email:
Degree:
D.M.A., State University of New York-Stony Brook
Interests:
Piano

Pianist Xiao Hu made her New York debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She has since performed widely as a soloist and a chamber musician. Recent engagements include concerts at the Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, Viterbo University, Wisconsin, Texas A&M University, the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, and at the Searl Pickett Chamber Series in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. According to the Cincinnati News Record , Ms. Hu “gave a dazzling performance of the Prokofiev Third Piano Concerto… technically flawless, her insight and interpretation showed a level of maturity rarely heard…”

Ms. Hu received her Doctorate of Musical Arts from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and both her Bachelor of Music (summa cum laude) and Master of Music from the University of Cincinnati. She was the winner of the Lima Symphony Young Artist Competition, the Kingsville International Piano Competition, and concerto competitions both at University of Cincinnati and Stony Brook University. Her main teachers include Gilbert Kalish, Eugene Pridonoff, and Robert Spillman. She has studied in master classes with Leon Fleisher and Emanual Ax. Her chamber music coaches include Peter Oundjian, Julius Levine, and Mitchell Stern.

Ms. Hu joined the piano faculty at Luther College in the fall of 2002. She performs regularly with her husband, Du Huang, as the Unison Piano Duo. They have generated enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics alike both in the U.S. and abroad. The Duo toured China this past summer, performing and presenting master classes in Shanghai, Wuhan, and Shenzhen. As the Wuhan Morning Post states “the duo plays with heartfelt emotion and seamless ensemble…best piano duo concert heard in years.”