Favorite Gig: “Wherever I’m playing at the moment, whether an open mic in a bar, a concert at the Kennedy Center, or the Opera House orchestra pit for The Lion King national tour.” Late Bloomer: Didn’t start formal piano lessons until he was almost thirteen. My Last Summer Vacation: Accompanied the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC, on a concert tour of Cuba, one of the first cultural delegations since the United States and Cuba re-established diplomatic relations. Tour’s Crescendo: Meeting Raul Castro’s daughter, Mariela Castro, a prominent advocate for LGBT rights. All in the Family: He and his husband, also a lawyer, live in a townhouse they restored in DC’s Kalorama-Embassy Row.
1984
Alexander C. Tang
Alexander C. Tangi ’84 is an attorney in the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of the General Counsel in Washington, DC. Outside of the office, he maintains a busy and wide-ranging career as a professional pianist, conductor, arranger, and coach.
