Iris Hsu,
pianist
Hailed
an “exquisitely subtle pianist” by
The New York Times,
Taiwanese-American Iris Hsu is a prizewinner of the Los Angeles
International Liszt Competition, as well as the Baltimore Music
Club, Pacific Musical Society, and Ross McKee Competitions. She
made her solo recital debut at the age of twelve, playing an
all-Chopin program including the Second Piano Concerto with the
Palo Alto Philharmonic at the Mountain View Performing Arts
Center in Mountain View, California. As an active solo and
chamber musician, she has since appeared as soloist with the
Fremont Symphony Orchestra and given performances throughout the
United States, Canada, Holland, Italy, and Spain.
Ms. Hsu has performed in master classes with numerous renowned
artists including Leon Fleisher, Boris Berman, Ann Schein,
Menahem Pressler, Roy Howat, Leslie Howard, Jura Margulis, and
Victor Rosenbaum. In past summers, she had the opportunity to
work with Robert McDonald, Julian Martin, Mikhail Voskresensky,
Mack McCray, Angela Cheng, Alvin Chow, and Marc Durand at the
International Holland Music Sessions, Zephyr International
Chamber Music Festival, Banff Centre Piano Master Class Program,
Millennium International Piano Festival, and Boston University
Tanglewood Institute. She is a scholarship recipient of the Mack
McCray Foundation, Lime Kiln Foundation, and Bay Area Steinway
Society.
Ms. Hsu was born in New York and began her piano studies when
she was three years old, studying primarily with Li-shan Hung in
Mountain View, California. She received her Bachelor of Music
degree from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins
University under the tutelage of Boris Slutsky. Subsequently,
she received her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard
School, where she studied with Matti Raekallio and was awarded a
teaching fellowship to serve as faculty in the piano minor
department. She is continuing her studies at Peabody with
Professor Slutsky as a candidate in the Doctor of Musical Arts
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Thank you for
your generous contribution to
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
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中華表演藝術基金會
Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts
Lincoln, Massachusetts |
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