Unison Piano Duo
The Unison Piano Duo consists of husband and wife pianists Du Huang and Xiao Hu. The Duo has presented recitals at the Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Concert Hall in New York, United Nations in Vienna, and at many Concert Series and Universities in the United States and in China. Iowa Public Television and Wuhan Public Television recently broadcast their live performances. According to the Wuhan Morning Post: “the duo plays with heartfelt emotion and seamless ensemble…best piano duo concert heard in years.” Du and Xiao are honor graduates of the University of Cincinnati, where they studied with Professors Eugene and Elizabeth Pridonoff. They each earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook under the guidance of Professor Gilbert Kalish. Since 2001, both have been on the music faculty at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Their activities in the current season include duo recitals and master classes at Gustavus Adolphus College and St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, Luther College and Central College in Iowa, Abilene Christian University in Texas, and Blue Ridge Concert Series in North Carolina.
