music.wikisort.org - MusicianTiffany Poon (born 29 December 1996, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-born American classical pianist and Youtuber, currently residing in New York City.
Hong Kong classical pianist
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Tiffany Poon |
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Born | (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 25)
Hong Kong |
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Nationality | Hong Kong United States |
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Education | Juilliard School Columbia University (BA) |
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Occupation | Pianist |
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Website | tiffanypoon.com |
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Career
Poon began taking piano lessons at the age of 4.[1] At 9, she moved to New York to study at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division for eight years with a full scholarship, under the guidance of Yoheved Kaplinsky. She also studied at The Calhoun School for high school, where she graduated in 2014.[2] She continued her studies at the Columbia University / Juilliard School exchange program with Emanuel Ax and Joseph Kalichstein.[1] In May 2018, she graduated from Columbia University as a John Jay Scholar with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.[3]
Poon made her concerto debut at the age of 10, and has appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and China.[4] Among the venues where she has performed are Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall in New York City, and Sala Mozart in Bologna, Italy. She has appeared as a soloist with the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and Moscow Chamber Orchestra of Pavel Slobodkin Centre.[5]
Poon has been active on social media since 2017.[6]
In 2020, she founded Together with Classical, a nonprofit charity to unite people and communities by promoting classical music, and to support and fund classical music education programs and opportunities.[7]
Awards
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- 2012: First Prize and Best Performance of Concerto Award, 8th Moscow International Frederic Chopin Competition for Young Pianists[8]
- 2013: Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition
- 2014: National YoungArts Winner in the United States
- 2014: First Prize, Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition
- 2014: Second Prize, 10th Chopin Golden Ring International Competition, Slovenia
- 2015: Participant of the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland
- 2016: First Prize, Manhattan International Music Competition
- 2016: Third Prize, 17th International Robert Schumann Competition, Germany
- 2016: Third Prize, “Debut at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall” International Concerto Competition
- 2017: Second prize, Walter W. Naumburg Foundation International Competition
- 2019: Second Place, KlavierOlymp of the Kissinger Sommer festival, Germany
- 2019: Young Artist Award, Hessen Agency at the Rheingau Music Festival.[8][9]
Discography
- Natural Beauty - J.S. Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Kawai Edition, 2014[9]
- The Dvorak Album - with Jan Vogler, Kevin Zhu, Chad Hoopes, Matthew Lipman and Juho Pohjonen, Sony Classical, 2022[10]
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