Professor Ching-Ming Cheng will be inducted into the Steinway Teacher Hall of Fame in 2023. As chair of the music department at California State University, San Marcos, Dr. Cheng received the CSUSM Chancellor’s Outstanding Music Teacher Award in 2021. Dr. Cheng currently serves as Faculty Director of the Colorado State University San Marcos Foundation Board …
Karen Follingstad has been Professor of Piano at San Diego State University since 1984. She has also taught at Kent State University, the University of Akron, and was artist faculty at the Kent-Blossom Music Festival from 1992-94, where she coached chamber music and performed with principal members of the Cleveland Orchestra. As a solo recitalist, …
Tao Chang studied piano with Sequeira Costa, hailed as the heir to the last student of Liszt. He was the first Asian to win the Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition, and the first winner of the Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition. Chang has performed numerous solo and chamber recitals in the Slovak Republic, …
Dr. Ronald Morgan holds a DMA in Piano Performance and Literature, an MM in Piano Performance, and an MA in Musicology, all from the Eastman School of Music. His main piano teachers were Douglas Humpherys (Eastman) and Patricia Parr (University of Toronto). Past performances include numerous solo and collaborative recitals in Canada and the U.S., …
Dr. Kunyoung Kim has extensive experience both as a performer and as a teacher. She was invited to perform the Rachmaninoff Second Concerto with the Russian Federal Orchestra at the Great Hall in Moscow and has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Kennedy Center for the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Mozart Festival, …
Lauded by the New York Concert Review as “truly exceptional,” the accomplished Steinway Artist, Rixiang Huang, has evoked effusive praise from both audiences and critics worldwide. His impeccable artistry and fervent, magnetic performances have captivated audiences across four continents. After clinching the top honors at the 12th Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford and the …
Since giving her debut at the Palace of Arts in Seoul, Korea, Hye-Jung Hong has concertized in Germany, Holland, Italy, China, Malaysia, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, Colombia and throughout the U.S. She has made frequent guest appearances at universities and colleges in the U.S. and Asia, and has performed on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert …
Wei-Han Su’s concert activities have taken him to the major cities of the United States, England, Russia, Italy, China, Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan. He made his concerto debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle and has since performed in such prestigious venues as the Purcell Room at the …
Described in The WholeNote as “an innovative musician and aggressive thinker with a gift for keyboard brilliance,” Dr. Nicholas Susi enjoys a multifaceted career living out his deep love of music. He recognizes that Classical music has been a transformative force in his life, and seeks to share its power with others through his teaching …
Praised by the New York Times as a pianist with “assurance and vitality,” Alan Woo made his Lincoln Center debut at Alice Tully Hall performing with the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He has since collaborated with conductors Daniel Hege, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and Tito Muñoz in solo appearances with the Houston and …