John Hsiang Tu, pianist
www.hsiangjohntu.com


The New York Times has praised pianist Hsiang John Tu for the "eloquent sensitivity" in his playing. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Mr. Tu came to the United States at the age of fourteen, after winning Taiwan’s National Youth Piano Competition. In 2004, Mr. Tu made his New York debut at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center as the winner of the Juilliard School Concerto Competition. He was invited by the Taiwanese government in the following year to give concerts and radio interviews throughout his native country, which concluded in a performance at the Taiwan National Recital Hall. After studying with Hung-Kuan Chen at Boston University and the University of Calgary, Mr. Tu has recently earned the Doctoral of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School, under the guidance of Jerome Lowenthal.

Top prize winner at the New Orleans International Piano Competition, American Pederewski Piano Competition, Texas Kingsville International Piano Concerto Competition, and Canadian Music Festival Competition, Mr. Tu has appeared as a soloist with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Juilliard Orchestra, Boston University Symphonic Orchestra, and the New England Conservatory Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been presented in recitals by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts in Boston, the Loyola University of New Orleans, the Taiwan National Recital Hall, and the Banff Centre in Canada, where he has done a six-month residency.

An active chamber musician as well as a soloist, Mr. Tu has performed in the Summer Garden concert series at the Museum of Modern Arts, New York, and has been featured in the New York Chamber Virtuosi series. For more information, please visit www.hsiangjohntu.com.

(July, 2010)



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