Life, Love, Death Zhengyi Huang

• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): Three Movements from Petrushka:
• 1 Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka: I. Russian Dance 02:47
• 2 Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka: II. In Petrushka's Room 04:38
• 3 Stravinsky: Three Movements from Petrushka: III. The Shrovetide Fair 08:44
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886): Liebestraum No. 3:
• 4 Liszt: Liebestraum No. 3 04:54
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Isolde’s Liebestod (Arr. Liszt):
• 5 Wagner: Isolde’s Liebestod (Arr. Liszt) 07:20
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962): Liebesleid (Arr. Rachmaninoff):
• 6 Kreisler: Liebesleid (Arr. Rachmaninoff) 04:57
• :Liebesfreud (Arr. Rachmaninoff):
• 7 Kreisler :Liebesfreud (Arr. Rachmaninoff) 06:55
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2:
• 8 Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No. 2 05:55
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 (Arr. Liszt, S. 566a):
• 9 Schumann: Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1 (Arr. Liszt, S. 566a) 03:51
• Franz Liszt: Totentanz, S.525:
• 10 Liszt: Totentanz, S.525 15:24
• Total Runtime 01:05:25

Info for Life, Love, Death

Metamorphosis is conceived as a journey of transformation through life, love, and death. Rather than bringing together unrelated works, I wanted to shape this album as a single inner narrative. The program begins with Stravinsky’s Three Movements from Petrushka, where a puppet is suddenly granted a human soul. For me, this is the first metamorphosis: the passage from lifelessness into consciousness, desire, and vulnerability. In Petrushka’s Room, he suffers isolation, confusion, and unreturned love, while outside the Shrovetide Fair bursts with dance, spectacle, and collective energy. That contrast is essential, because life contains both inward pain and outward celebration.

At the center of the album stands a Love Cycle of six works, which I hear as the emotional heart of human existence.

Finally, the album closes with Liszt’s Totentanz, where death appears not simply as an ending, but as a final reckoning from which transcendence and renewal emerge.

Zhengyi Huang, Steinway Model D Concert Grand Piano

Zhengyi Huang
Chinese pianist Zhengyi Huang has built an international profile through competition successes, concerto appearances, solo recitals, and recording projects. In recent years, he has won seven consecutive first prizes in international piano competitions and has received more than thirty first prizes within the past 5 years. Among his recent awards are the Rubato International Competition, the William Byrd International Competition, and the Young Texas Artists Piano Competition. Huang studied at Rice University with Jon Kimura Parker, where he earned the Artist Diploma, and later at the University of Michigan with Logan Skelton, where he completed dual master’s degrees in Piano Performance and Chamber Music before continuing toward the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

He has appeared as soloist with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, the Richardson Symphony Orchestra, and the Flint Symphony Orchestra, and his recent recital activity has taken him to Japan, China, Barcelona, Paris, Vienna, Milan, and Turkey, as well as to venues across the United States.

In 2025, he was featured in a live broadcast on Seattle’s Classical KING-FM, reaching an audience of over 100,000 listeners.

Huang is currently engaged in recording projects with PARMA Recordings, Hunnia Records, and TvClassique Paris, and will embark on a nine-city China concert tour in the summer of 2026, including major cities such as Shenzhen, Suzhou, and Chengdu.

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