Music Instructors

Acknowledged here are my piano and composition teachers who have supported me tremendously on my musical journey. Thank you!​

• Prof. Gilles Vonsattel (piano; current)

• Prof. Haewon Song (piano; 2018-2020)

• Prof. Martin Boykan (composition; 2011-2016)

• Prof. Aleksandr Korsantia (piano; 2014-2016)

• A. Ramon Rivera (piano; 2008-2010) 

• Sachiko Isihara (piano; 2006-2008)

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Events and Awards

2022:

• Recipient of Eugenie M. May Piano Award (UMass Amherst)

• Premiered Mahler/Larsen Piano Quartet

• Performed Schubert's Sonata D 960 and Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata

2021:

• Released Transformations CD of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book I

2007-2016:

• First place winner of MTNA (Music Teachers National Association) Composition Competition - Massachusetts division

• Won several MTNA regional division awards, as well as two national division awards: 3rd place in 2013 and 2nd place in 2014

2016:​

• Recipient of ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for original Piano Concerto No. 2 in C

2015:

• Performed live on NPR's From the Top with Christopher O'Riley (show #300 - Boston)

• Released Boundless CD, featuring complete Chopin Etudes Op. 25 and Liszt's Sonata No. 1 in B minor

• Performed 12 Preludes and Fugues from Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book I in Tbilisi, Georgia

• Competed in First Van Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition

• Attended Adamant Music School (Vermont) for a masterclass with Menahem Pressler

2014:

• Attended Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival and Summer Academy - performed in masterclasses with Menahem Pressler, Dame Fanny Waterman, and Marios Papadopoulos

2008-2013:

• Young Scholar of Lang Lang International Music Foundation

2013:

• Orchestral performance with Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston (conducted by Maestro Kevin Rhodes) - 1st movement of Mozart's Concerto No. 20 in D minor

• Premiered original Fugue No. 1 in G minor on FOX 5 NY

• Performed Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 (4-hands) at Carnegie Hall

• Studied with Professor Yoheved Kaplinsky at Aspen Music Festival and School

• Orchestral performance with Midwest Young Artists Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Dr. Allan Dennis) - 2nd movement of Beethoven's Concerto No. 3 in C minor

2012:

• Released CD of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book II

• Premier of original Symphony No. 1 in E flat by the Newton Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by the late Maestro Ronald Knudsen)

• Premiered original Piano Quartet No. 1 in F minor at Weill Recital Hall

• Competed in Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition

• Gave a concert tour in Beijing, China

• Orchestral performance with Midwest Young Artists Symphony Orchestra - 3rd movement of Chopin's Concerto No. 2 in F minor

2011:

• Orchestral debut with Newton Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Maestro James Orent) - 1st movement of Beethoven's Concerto No. 1 in C

• Orchestral performance with Brockton Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Maestro James Orent) - 1st movement of Mozart's Concerto No. 20 in D minor

• Recipient of ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for original Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor

2010:

• Released Beginnings CD of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Book I

• Recipient of ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award (Charlotte Bergen Scholarship) for original Symphony No. 1 in E flat

2009:

• Performed at Carnegie Hall (2x) - Rachmaninoff Waltz in A (6-hands) and Fantasy on Themes from Bizet’s Carmen (2 pianos), respectively

• Performed on The Oprah Winfrey Show 

2008:​​

• ​Second place winner of Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition - performed Chopin Etude Op. 25 No. 11 ("Winter Wind")

2006: ​

• First full solo concert (First Plymouth Church, Lincoln, Nebraska)