Yin Yin Huang is an renowned international concert pianist and dedicated music teacher. She is also the founder and artistic director of the Acevedo Music and Arts Education Foundation and the City of Alhambra's Woman of the Year.

She formerly studied under Bernardo Segall (a pupil of Alexander Siloti, who had studied under Franz Liszt). She dedicates her life work to uplifting the community through music and inspires her students to do the same. She is the 2009 Alhambra Woman of the Year and Artistic Director of the Acevedo Foundation, a nonprofit music service organization. Born in Taiwan, Yin Yin Huang began her piano lessons at the age of 8. and made her concert debut at the age of sixteen with the Chinese Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and soon thereafter with the Formosa Chamber Orchestra. She received her BA from the University of Culture in Taipei and was Assistant Professor at Taiwan Theological College. After migrating to the United States, she received her master's degree from California State University of Los Angeles. Ms. Huang has collaborated and performed with renowned artists in Italy, Asia, Europe, United States and Central America, including Lang Lang and Baritone Dr. William Warfield. 

Over the past 30 years, she has inspired hundreds of students to excel not only in music, but also in giving back to their communities and helping those in need (see SGV Tribune: in Yin Huang teaches music and life lessons)

Humanitarian

Yin Yin is especially proud of the humanitarian efforts of her students. SGV Tribune notes:

"They raised $14,000 for students who lost their instruments after Hurricane Katrina. We had a benefit concert in Arcadia. We also raised $8,000 to help have a church built after the tsunami in 2004."


Notable Performances

Student Accomplishments

State and International 

Los Angeles Liszt International Piano Competition

American Fine Arts Festival

MTAC State Solo

MTAC Panel Honors, Master Class

MTAC Young Artist Guild

Southwestern Youth Music Festival

Southern California Junior Bach Festival

American Protege International Competition


Regional

Glendale Piano Competition

MTAC LA County Branch Festivals & Competitions

CAPMT Competitions

Robert Turner Music Competition



College Admissions

Juilliard

Princeton University

Stanford University

Columbia University

New England Conservatory

UCLA

UC Berkeley

Rice University - Music