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| Gabriel Hwang,
Conductor 
PRESTIGE Classical Productions Foundation, Ltd.
is proud to offer Gabriel Hwang in concert
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Born in Pusan Korea, Gabriel Hwang began his music education in piano and violin at the age of five, later progressing to vocal and instrumental studies.
At the age of sixteen, young Hwang made his official debut conducting the entire score of Handel’s Messiah by memory.
Hwang received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Notre Dame de Namur University for violin performance, composition and theory, and his artistic diploma for Instrumental conducting at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Professional Instrumental conducting program at Cleveland Institute of Music.
He studied conducting with distinguished teachers such as, Daniel Lewis, David Ramadanoff, Dennis de Cotou, Jonathan Stemberg, Collin Matters, Carl Topilow, Louis Lane and Vakhtang Gordania.
As a violinist, Hwang served as the principal violinist with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and the Master Sinfonia Orchestra in California.
Hwang, particularly committed to educational projects, led a series of successful educational and community outreach concerts with the San Jose Youth Symphony, making frequent radio and television broadcasts. He is nationally known for his work with aspiring young musicians and has served as master class teacher and adjudicator for various national competitions, including the San Jose Youth Symphony, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and the Newark Chamber Music Society, to name a few. His broad symphonic and choral repertoire ranges from the late Haydn and Mozart Masses to a complete cycle of the Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms symphonies. His work as an outstanding choral conductor has been recognized by the Association of Presbytery, music critics and audiences alike as a “splendid conductor possessing a poet’s sensitivity and craftsman efficiency”.
As a result of receiving the prestigious conducting fellowship, Hwang made his debut with the Aspen Festival Orchestra. As a violinist, he won a fellowship from Josef Silverstein to perform with the Aspen Chamber Music Festival.
He is known for his charismatic presence on and off the podium, innovative audience-friendly programming skills and thoughtful interpretations of both standard and new repertoire.
Hwang has led orchestras to levels of artistic achievement, expanded concert offerings, and established close relationships with both choral and orchestra, encompassing a wide scope of repertoire and concert formats throughout the United States.
Some of the orchestras that he has conducted are, the Master Sinfonia Orchestra, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, West Bay Orchestra, Guyton Symphony, Riverside Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Marin Symphony, Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, Tasajara Symphony, Philharmonic Symphony, Kahrkov Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, to name a few.
Hwang’s recordings include Prokofiev’s symphony No.7, Mendelssohn’s symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Tchaikovsky’s overture from “Romeo and Juliet”, Saint Saen's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso. He has also made recordings with the Kahrkov Philharmonic, conducting the Brahms, Symphony No. 4, Richard Strauss, “Don Juan”, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Brahms variation, Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, and Igor Stravinsky’s “Fire Bird Suite”.
Presently, Maestro Hwang is music director/conductor of the Cleveland Central Philharmonic Orchestra. He also serves as music director, chamber ensemble teacher and is a faculty member of the string department at Cuyahoga College.