Pianisten
Wei-En HSU 徐惟恩
Produkteinführung
Pianist, Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
Produkteinführung
English
A graduate of the Juilliard School, Wei-En Hsu is an accomplished pianist, organist, conductor, répétiteur and composer. He is now an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. A native of Taiwan, he received his BFA degree in Piano at Taipei National University of the Arts, and was pleased to be the only candidate at Juilliard selected to Royal Academy of Music, London as an exchange student. Additional training at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, and Rutgers University.
Mr. Hsu is the winner of many awards, including the 2010 Los Angeles International Liszt Piano Competition, the Scott Huxley Piano Accompaniment Prize, Major Van Someren-Godfery Prize Accompaniment Award (2004), Ludmilla Andrew Russian Song Prize Accompaniment Award, Sir Arthur Bliss Prize, Distinction Performance Award from RAM (2005), and Sing for Hope Grant for Arts Activism and Community Outreach (2009). Mr. Hsu made his debut recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in March 2008.
He was named the Stern Fellow in SongFest 2009. During the season 2009-2010, Mr. Hsu joined the Opera Company of Brooklyn Resident Artists as a pianist/coach/conductor. He has served as a vocal coaching faculty in SongFest 2010 and 2011. He is the Founder/Music Director for Pocket Opera of New York, the Executive Director for Metropolitan International Music Festival, and the Artistic Director for More Than Musical (HK). In 2013 and 2017, he was appointed the official pianist in the Renee Fleming Masterclass in Hong Kong, as well as in the 2018 Hong Kong International Operatic Singing Competition. In 2018, he was named the 2018 NTCH Artist in Residence in Taiwan.
For his contribution to the music profession and community, he was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2017, Fellow of the Guild of Musicians and Singers (FGMS), Associate Fellow of the National College of Music (AFNCollM), Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Fellow of the Fraternity of St Cecilia (FFSC), Fellow of the Western Orthodox University (FWOU), Fellow of the European-American University (FEAU), Officier Academicien of Mondial Art Academia, and the Circle Foundation for the Arts (CFA) Affiliate Artist in 2020.
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