Harvard Club of Toronto

Tony Yike Yang and Friends celebrate Chinese New Year

January 23, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Koerner Hall, TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning, 273 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON

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Hailed by CBC Music as one of Canada’s finest young musicians, pianist Tony Yike Yang first rose to international acclaim at the age of 16 after becoming the youngest-ever laureate in the history of the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, winning the 5th prize in 2015.

Yang is a graduate of Harvard University where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

The program includes the Ontario premieres of selections from Vincent Ho’s The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, Book 2: Preludes and Fugues.

Tony Yike Yang, piano
Dora Wong, flute
Cynthia Qin, guzheng

Program:
Vincent Ho: Selections from The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, Book 2: Preludes and Fugues (Ontario premiere)
No. 1 - Rascally Rat
No. 3 - Dance of the Tigers
No. 4 - Jubilant Rabbit
No. 5 - Soaring Dragon
No. 7 - The Galloping Horse
No. 8 - Drowsy Lamb
No. 9 - Mimicking Manic Monkeys
No. 12 - Tranquil Pig

Xin Qiji: The Green Jade Pedestal: The Lantern Fairs (arr. Cynthia Qin)

Alexander Scriabin: 5 Preludes, op. 16

Alexander Scriabin: Fantasy in B Minor, op. 28

Fryderyk Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, op. 58

Chen Gang & He Zhanhao: The Butterfly Lovers (arr: Chen Gang)

Huang Yijun: Blooming Flowers and Full Moon

PROGRAM NOTES
This concert is preceded by a short performance by talented students of The Royal Conservatory. Prelude Recital starts at 6:00pm.