Artists biographies
Duo d'Accord

Vitality, profound expression and incredible diversity – these qualities abound in pieces written for two pianists. For Lucia Huang from Taiwan and her German partner, Sebastian Euler, these scores have always represented the pinnacle of musical accomplishment on the pianoforte. As students they were trained as soloists at Munich’s Hochschule für Musik und Theater by Karl-Hermann Mrongovius and Begoña Uriarte. Encouraged and supported by this renowned piano duo, they started to play together towards the end of 1999. It soon became clear that this partnership fused the potential of two very highly gifted musicians, and within the next two years they were awarded second prize at the ARD Broadcasting Competition in Munich and first prize at the Murray Dranoff Competition in Miami, the most significant piano duo competition worldwide. Following these triumphs, Duo d’Accord began its international career, including concerts in Europe, the USA and Asia, exquisite recordings on CD, and performances with leading orchestras.

Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler play masterly works written for two pianos with the same boundless enthusiasm which they demonstrate in their performances of the rich and varied repertoire of music arranged for four hands on one piano. These two versatile and enterprising musicians develop very creative concepts for their concerts, bringing unknown works to the foreground and also inserting modern compositions into their programme, many of which have been written specially for them.

Following a decade of joint creativity and internationally celebrated CDs featuring works by Reger, Schumann, Beethoven and Messiaen, Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler are proceeding with their first Schubert album (March 2010).

The pianists teach at the Tyrol Music Conservatory in Innsbruck, Austria, where they are both head of their respective piano classes. Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler have one daughter and live in Munich, Germany.