Honored with the National Excellence Award for Young Artistic Talents in Taiwan at the age of 15,
Wen-Ting Huang took on her cross-continental musical journey from Academy for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna through Ecole Normale de
Musique in Paris to Indiana University in Bloomington USA. She was the price winner of the National competitions in piano and composition in
Taiwan and the recipient of honors and scholarships of the Ministry of Education of Taiwan, the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research, the
Artists Association in Paris, and Indiana University. Besides her major teachers Noel Flores, Germaine Mounier and Menahem Pressler, Wen-Ting’s
musicianship was further enriched through master classes with pianists Jörg Demus, Alicia de Larrocha, Jacob Lateiner, Jean Micault, and Norman Shetler.
As an active solo, chamber and collaborative artist, she has performed in Austria, France, U.S. and her native Taiwan. She was the founding member of the
Moirae Trio with which she entered the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, and the
Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition where the trio won the Third Price and was honored with Audience Choice Award. The trio was invited to
perform at the 80th birthday celebration of Menahem Pressler, the pianist and founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio. Since fall 2005,
Wen-Ting is in residence with the Felici Piano Trio in Mammoth Lakes, California. Wen-Ting received her Artist diploma and Master’s degree from
Vienna Academy for Music and Performing Arts and her Doctor of Music from Indiana University.
Rebecca Hang was born in Germany and began her violin studies at the Peter-Cornelius-Conservatory in Mainz.
From 1987 until 1990 she lived in Israel where she studied with the concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra, Chaim Taub. Rebecca continued her musical education in the classes of Atar Arad and Paul Biss at
Indiana University, Bloomington, where she received her Bachelors of Music "with high distinction" and a
Masters of Music in violin performance. As member of the internationally renowned Felici String Quartet,
she won first prize in the 1992 Michael Kuttner Competition at IU, the MTNA Competition in Indianapolis,
the Russell Award of the 1993 Coleman Competition and was a prize winner of the International String Quartet
Competition in Osaka, Japan, in the same year. In June of 1993 she gave her New York solo debut in Lincoln
Center's Juilliard Theater performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. With her husband, Brian, Rebecca spent
the 1997-98 concert season as member of the International "Guido Cantelli" Chamber Orchestra in Milan, Italy,
before accepting a CMA rural residency grant with the Felici Piano Trio in Mammoth Lakes, CA.
Brian Schuldt, a native of Seattle, has given recitals in Washington, California, Indiana, as
well as Germany and Italy. Brian was the cellist of the Arcadia String Quartet, which twice won the prestigious
Michael Kuttner String Quartet Scholarship and grand prize of the 1995 Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition.
He has soloed with the Owensboro Symphony, Eastern Sierra Symphony and the Chamber Orchestra "Cantelli" of Milan.
He was principal cellist of the Owensboro Symphony and "Cantelli". Brian studied with Toby Saks at the University of
Washington and continued under Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi and Janos Starker at Indiana University, where he earned his Bachelor of
Music and Master of Music degrees. From 1994-1996, Brian held the appointment of Assistant Instructor of Cello at Indiana University.
He is currently Executive Director of Chamber Music Unbound, director of the Sierra Chamber Workshop
and conductor of the Eastern Sierra Chamber Orchestra.
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