Alex Yang

Winner of the 2026 Cecilia Concerts Developing Musician Award, Halifax pianist Alex Yang brings extraordinary poise, depth, and command to a demanding and wide-ranging solo program.

Still only 17, Alex has already earned national and international attention for playing marked by clarity, sensitivity, and strong musical insight.​ His program brings together the architecture and brilliance of J.S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in D Major from “The Well-Tempered Clavier,” Book II, the emotional range and shifting character of Chopin’s complete 24 Preludes, Op. 28, the dramatic force and spiritual depth of Beethoven’s Sonata in C Minor, Op. 111, and the dazzling virtuosity and colour of Liszt’s Rhapsodie Espagnole.​

Alex studies at the Juilliard Pre-College and has already earned major recognition on both sides of the border, including a full fellowship to the Aspen Music Festival and School, first prize in the Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition, and selection as the 2026 Debut Atlantic Award for Musical Excellence for a second consecutive year.

This ​choose-what-you-pay​ concert offers Halifax audiences the chance to hear one of Canada’s most exciting young pianists at a remarkable moment in his artistic development.

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