Duet Digitalis – piano four hands

The Programme

Blake Huang – piano
Andrew Nesler – piano

From the Bohemian Forest for piano duet, Op 68, B133
VI. In Stormy Times. Allegro con fuoco
V. Silent Woods. Lento e molto cantabile

from The Planets, Op 32
I. Mars, the Bringer of War
II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

The Artists

Beginning piano studies at the age of five, Blake Huang has developed a distinctive artistic voice through international performance experience and a range of competitive successes. His achievements include the Gilbert Prize for Best Piano Performance of the Year (2024), the Ida Phillips Scholarship Awards (2022–2024), and First Prize at the Liszt Youth Piano Competition, Yunnan Division (2020). During 2025–2026, he has performed at venues including St Mary-le-Bow and St Mary le Strand in London, as well as the Eisteddfod festival series. His performance work spans a broad range of repertoire, reflecting a balance of technical command, musical sensitivity and interpretative clarity. Through these engagements, he continues to build an active profile as a versatile and emerging concert pianist.

Andrew Nesler has been a featured performer at international concert series and festivals, recently appearing at the Friends of Music concert series (Memphis, TN), the Gene Marcus Piano Camp and Festival (Fort Wayne, IN), The Exploratorium (San Francisco, CA), and on live television for BBC Cardiff Singer of the World (Cardiff, UK). Among awards he has received are First Prize at the John Ireland Competition (Cardiff), Moving Classics TV’s ‘Composer of the Week’ (Munich, Germany) and two First Prizes at the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Concerto Competition. 2025-2026 season highlights include the U.S. premiere of William Mathias’s second piano concerto with the Manchester Symphony Orchestra as their 2025-2026 Guest Artist in Residence (Warsaw, IN) and performances in Toronto (Canada), Milwaukee (WI), and London (UK). An ardent collaborator, he has served as Music Director for Transgress Opera (Cardiff) and Collaborative Pianist Coordinator for Opera Today! (Fort Wayne), and has performed as a collaborative musician on projects including shadow puppetry, silent film, chamber music, piano duo, wind ensemble and ballet.