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< Back Previous Yifu Peng Next Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 24, 2024 WATCH VIDEO A bsolute Platinum Winner 2024 US-Canadian International Music Competition Winner of the 2024 Philip Cohen Award Yifu Peng earned the highest score in the inaugural US-Canadian International Music Competition in 2024, receiving the Absolute Platinum Prize and the distinguished Philip Stanley Cohen Prize as the top performer — an achievement that led to his invitation to perform at today’s Carnegie Hall concert. A native of Shenzhen, China, Peng began piano studies at age eight and quickly demonstrated exceptional talent and dedication. He earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the Xinghai Conservatory of Music, followed by a Master’s degree from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University Bloomington. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) at Michigan State University under the guidance of renowned pianist Eric Zuber. Peng’s artistry has earned him significant accolades, including the Distinguished Gold Medal at the 2023 Seattle International Piano Festival Classical Series and the Platinum Medal at the 2023 Quebec Music Competition. With his remarkable skill and deep musicality, Yifu Peng is emerging as a compelling presence on the global classical music stage.

< Back Previous Helen Wu Next Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 24, 2024 WATCH VIDEO Helen Wu, 16, began studying piano at age six and has since earned numerous awards, including the MTAC Panel Honors Award, First Place in the USOMC Showcase Piano Concerto, Outstanding Gold Medalist with Scholarship for Master Class Winners in the USOMC, the Jack Price Award in the colOrchestra Competition, and the Platinum Award in the Canadian International Music Competition. Helen has performed internationally at Carnegie Hall (New York), Solitaire Mozarteum (Salzburg), and Petit Palau (Barcelona). She enjoys chamber music and participated in the Masterworks Music Festival in 2023 and in C’est Bon Chamber Music Academy. Outside of music, Helen is passionate about photography, reading, swimming, and traveling with her family.

< Back Andrew Krimm Violist Learn More Videos About Andrew Krimm began studying viola at the age of 7 in Dallas, Texas. In 2006, he began Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Colorado Boulder, studying with Erika Eckert and Geraldine Walther. In 2011, Mr. Krimm returned to Dallas to pursue a Performer’s Diploma at Southern Methodist University where he studied with Ellen Rose. While in attendance, Andrew co-founded the award-winning string quartet, Altius Quartet. During their residency at SMU, Altius Quartet won first prize at the Coltman Chamber Music Competition, first prize at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, and was awarded the Silver Medal at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. In the Fall of 2015, Mr. Krimm moved to Boulder to study with the world renowned Takacs Quartet. The Altius Quartet was awarded a three-year residency at CU-Boulder to guide the quartet through the creative and business aspects of having a successful career as a string quartet. In 2016 with the Altius Quartet, Mr. Krimm made his Carnegie Hall debut in NYC. The Altius Quartet recently completed two albums. The first was released in April 2017 featuring a mash up of many different genres including Haydn, Bolcom, a-ha, and Dave Brubeck. The second, to be released in October 2017, features Shostakovich's “Personal Quartets” Nos. 7, 8, and, 9. Both discs are being released by PARMA Recordings. After serving as Board President for the Western Slope Concert Series, Andrew became the Executive Director in 2018. In 2020 Andrew was also named the Executive Director of the Boulder Symphony. An organization committed to connecting with and profoundly affecting the human spirit. Boulder Symphony envisions a community that is informed, connected and inspired by the arts. Currently Andrew lives in Longmont, Colorado with his wife, violist Stephanie Mientka and their cat, Gus. Andrew is the most outrageous, most obsessive, and at times the most heart-broken Dallas Cowboys fan in the world. Previous Next

Learn how to apply, what to expect, when are the dealines, who can compete, what to play, how to submit a video, categories, age groups, requirements Welcome to Sound Espressivo 2021 Prelims are here! Choose Your Date April 24-25 May 29-30 June 26-27 July 24-25 August 28-29 September 25-26 October 23-24 November 27-28 (check deadlines below) Age Groups Under 10 11-14 15-18 19-25 Adult (26+) Time limit for Prelims - 10 min Repertory - free choice Medium Piano S tring Instruments Wind Instruments Guitar Harp Percussion Instruments Baroque Instruments Chamber Groups and Ensembles Voice Dance Traditional Instruments Sign Up Choose Live Performance or Pre-recorded video submission Competitive or Non-competitive Artistic Category Style/period: Baroque, Classical, Contemporary , Jazz Details Sound Espressivo Semi-Final and Final Rounds: December 2021 Repertory - free choice Time limit - 10 minutes More details below DATES AND DEADLINES Application deadline April 15 May 1 June 1 July 1 August 1 September 1 October 1 November 1 Performance date April 24-25 May 29-30 June 26-27 July 24-25 August 28-29 September 25-26 October 23-24 November 27-28 MEDIUM Instruments Piano All S tring Instruments All Wind Instruments Guitar Harp All Percussion Instruments All Baroque Instruments Other performance medium Chamber Groups and Ensembles Voice Dance Traditional Instruments CHOOSE LIVE PERFORMANCE Application fee: $80 What is it? You will perform live through Internet-TV public broadcast VCHS Producers will help you with your tech You don't need to download or learn any software This is not Zoom, you will look and sound great! What do I get? Your live performance will be professionally recorded by broadcasting engineers Recording of your performance will be available on SEC YouTube and other channels for replays You can request a copy of your individual performance video ($75 fee applies) Group instruction on streaming live performance Individual tech check CHOOSE VIDEO SUBMISSION OF YOUR RECORDING Application fee: $55 How do I submit? You can upload an MP4 video file or You can submit a YouTube link What do I get? You video will be premiered on YouTube, website, Facebook, and other channels Your video will be featured in a video Gallery on SEC website Your video will be available for replays after the Premiere You can still choose "Competitive" and be considered for Sound Espressivo Semifinals CHOOSE COMPETITIVE What to do? Apply to receive judges' comments (written for video submissions, or live if you choose to perform live) Apply to be considered for Sound Espressivo Competition Semifinals in December 2021 What do I get? Certificate Judges' comments (written for video submissions; live onscreen for live performances) May be selected to compete in Sound Espressivo Semifinals in December 2021 Winners of Prelims are awarded full scholarships to participate in masterclasses with Judges Winners of Prelims receive full scholarships for VCHS Broadcasting Seminar CHOOSE NON-COMPETITIVE What is it? A low-pressure opportunity to share your art and talent You will not be judged What do I get? Certificate Your family and friends can watch your live performance and cheer in real time Your performance will be recorded and your friends will be able to see it after the date You will receive a free pass to observe masterclasses with Judges If you choose to submit a video, it will be premiered on our channels and available for replays REPERTORY AND TIME LIMITS Repertory You are free to choose any repertory, pick what represents you best as a musician! Check below for Artistic Categories. If you do choose one, then pick your pieces to reflect that Category Time limits For all Prelims time limit is 10 min. Same limit for videos and live performances You will not be disqualified for shorter performances If you choose one composition which is longer than 10 min., you will not be disqualified for overtime Semi-Final and Final Rounds- no time limit AGE GROUPS AND ARTISTIC CATEGORIES Age Groups Under 10 11-14 15-18 19-25 Adult (26+) Artistic Categories You can choose one Category, or None Program Virtuosity Miniature Lyrical Profound Swift Innovative Academic Ambassador None MUSIC PERIODS AND STYLES Choose where you thrive! Classical through mid-20th Century Baroque (Period instruments) Contemporary Jazz Music from around the world For Singers Opera Broadway Song

< Back Yael Weiss Piano Learn More Videos About A captivating presence on the concert scene, award-winning Israeli-American pianist Yael Weiss has been hailed by many of today's greatest musicians and critics for visionary interpretations of surpassing depth, immediacy and communicative power. Following a recent recital, the Washington Post portrayed her as “a pianist who delves deeply and tellingly into that cloudy area where fantasy morphs into improvisation, inventiveness being common to both.” Ms. Weiss has performed across the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and South America at such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, Benaroya Hall, Moscow’s Bolshoi Hall and London’s Wigmore Hall. Her New York recital debut, presented by the Metropolitan Museum, was acclaimed by the New York Times as, "remarkably powerful and intense . . . fine technique and musicianship in the service of an arresting array of music." Ms. Weiss has appeared as soloist with many international orchestras, including the Prague Chamber Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Seattle Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra, and the Brazil National Symphony, to name a few. She is also in demand at international music festivals, such as Marlboro, Ravinia, City of London, Banff, Parry Sound, Caramoor, Hornby Island Festival, Changwon International Festival, and the Seattle Chamber Music Festival. A significant part of Ms. Weiss’s current touring schedule is devoted to her international commissioning and performance project, “ 32 Bright Clouds: Beethoven Conversations Around the World ” . This groundbreaking endeavor brings together composers from 32 countries of conflict and unrest throughout the world, joined together in sending a message of oneness and peace. Each new composition is inspired by one of Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas, and the entire cycle of new works is unified by a single “peace motif” from Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. Ms. Weiss has presented “32 Bright Clouds” recitals in Korea, Cuba, Austria, Canada and in venues throughout the US, performing programs that combine Beethoven with new works from around the world. Her 2020 recital for the Smithsonian Institution was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and was attended by audiences internationally via YouTube Premiere. An advocate for the power of music in the service of peace, Yael Weiss has been interviewed on the WWFM Classical Network’s “A Tempo” and “Between the Keys” shows. She has also been a frequent guest on American Public Media’s Performance Today and St. Paul Sunday, on the BBC in London, and on New York’s WQXR and WNYC. Her 2016 recital from the National Gallery was selected for broadcast on WETA’s “Front Row Washington”. She has appeared numerous times on Israeli television, and presented a recital filmed live for NHK television in Japan. Weiss’s discography encompasses piano works by over a dozen composers, with such releases as “Robert Schumann: Piano Works” and “88 Keys to Joy”, on the Koch International Classics label. In 2021, Toccata Classics released her premiere recording of Aviv : Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, written for her by composer Joel Feigin. Ms. Weiss is also devoted to chamber music, and tours worldwide with violinist Mark Kaplan and cellist Peter Stumpf as the Weiss-Kaplan-Stumpf Trio . Their recordings of complete Beethoven Piano Trios will be released in 2023 on Bridge Records. The Trio’s discography also includes CDs of Brahms, Smetana, Chihara, Lansky and Lerdahl trios, as well as a new-music release, “An American Tour”, featuring world premiere recordings of compositions by American composers Schoenfield, Chen Yi, Auerbach and Newman. Ms. Weiss has been honored with distinguished prizes from the Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition. She is a recipient of the Presser Award as well as grants from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. She studied with Richard Goode and Edward Aldwell at the Mannes College of Music and with Leon Fleisher and Ellen Mack at the Peabody Conservatory. Yael Weiss has presented master-classes for top institutions worldwide and served on the faculties of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, UC Santa Barbara and the Heifetz Institute. Away from the piano, Yael Weiss is an avid runner, regularly taking part in marathons and other long-distance races. Born in Israel, she currently makes her home in New York City. Previous Next

< Back Previous Vee Brown Next Vocalist Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall June 28, 2025 WATCH VIDEO Singer-songwriter Vee Brown is known for her soulful melodies and expressive vocal variations that bring depth and authenticity to her music. A mezzo-soprano with Elon University’s a cappella group Twisted Measure, she is currently pursuing a major in Music Production with a minor in Theatre Arts. In addition to her vocal artistry, Vee is a multi-instrumentalist, honing her skills on piano, guitar, and ukulele. She finds inspiration in everyday experiences, transforming life’s moments into songs that resonate with honesty and emotion. With her unique blend of musicianship, storytelling, and passion, Vee Brown is steadily carving her path as an artist to watch.

< Back Galina Ivannikova Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano Learn More Videos About Ukrainian-American dramatic mezzo-soprano Galina Ivannikova is hailed by critics and audiences alike for her rich, lustrous voice as well as for her passionate dramatic portrayals. Bruce Michael Gelbert of NY Art Review raved “ Ivannikova's timbre was ruby in color, her chest register aptly gutsy, and her emotion pitch-perfect. She possessed a big glorious Verdi voice reminiscent of the Golden Age tradition.” She kept busy during the pandemic, performing online concerts, judging competitions, and recording several works by modern composers. The 2019-2020 season successfully kicked off with such performances as Brangäne in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde with Connecticut Lyric opera, as well as an acclaimed aria concert with Northern Art Center, Yellowknife, NT, Canada. During the 2018-2019 season, Ivannikova performed the roles of Amneris in Verdi's Aida with Gateway Classical Opera society, as the Mezzo Soloist in Mahler's Das Lied von Erde, Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlo with Connecticut Lyric Opera, Waltraute in Wagner's Götterdämmerung with NYVWOG, Azucena in Verdi's Il Trovatore and The Witch in Humperdink's Hansel and Gretel with Regina Opera, Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera with Amore Opera, in addition to numerous concert appearances. The 2017-2018 season included engagements as Carmen in Bizet's Carmen with Lyric Theater D'Europa, Waltraute in Wagner's Götterdämmerung, Leonora in Donizetti's La Favorite with NYWSO, and Amneris with both Connecticut Lyric Opera and West Side Opera Society. In 2016-2017, Ivannikova appeared as La Cieca in Ponchielli's La Gioconda with NJ Verismo Opera, Amneris with Lyric Theater D'Europa, Odarka in Hulak-Artemovsky's The Cossack beyond the Danube, Inkeeper/Marina Mnishek in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov with Commonwealth Opera Theater of Boston, of which Opera Magazine(London) said, "Ivannikova has an imposing instrument and passion!" In previous seasons, she brought critical acclaim to the roles Amneris in Verdi's Aida, Azucena in Verdi's Il Trovatore, Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, Maddalena in Verdi's Rigoletto, Marta in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta with VP NYC, Principessa in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, Nicklausse/Muse in Tales of Hoffmann, Waltraute in Wagner's Götterdämmerung, Fricka in Wagner's Die Walküre, Olga/Nurse/Larina in TchaikovskyEugene Onegin, the Mezzo Soloist in the Verdi Requiem, Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, and Fricka in Wagner's Die Walküre. Previous Next

Jiang < Back Antian Jiang Jan 29 at 8:00pm EST (10 and under/11-14) -Maurice Ravel Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit, - Franz Liszt Transcendental Etude No.10 in f minor, -Chopin -Ballade #4 in F minor, Op.52 Antian JIANG, 14. Young Artist - Canada 14- year-old pianist Antian is the youngest recipient in the 130 year history of Royal Conservatory of Music to have earned the Licentiate Diploma (LRCM) with Distinction, which she accomplished in 2017 at the age of 10. She is also the second youngest in RCM history to have earned the ARCT Diploma, which she did at the age of 9. Antian has been a student of Steinway Top Teacher Dr. Michael Esch for the past 5 years. She also takes frequent coaching with internationally acclaimed pianist, John O’Conor. In 2021 Antian successfully did a Facebook Live stream which sponsored by Global Outstanding Chinese Artists Association (GOCAA-AAF). In 2020 Antian was featured in three solo recitals online. Two of them were for the nationally recognized Kitchener Waterloo Chamber Music Society (KWCMS) @ Facebook Live, in which she performed - among other works, the Goldberg Variations. Over the last 3 years, Antian has performed multiple recitals for KWCM, the Steinway Series and Westben Festival series. She has appeared in performance at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall in New York, NEC at Boston, Boston Conservatory and the Royal Conservatory of Music. In April 2019, Antian made her orchestral debut at Markham theatre. In 2019 Antian was accepted on full scholarship to Morningside Music Bridge program at NEC (Boston), and the Fifth Canadian Chopin Competition, Junior division. She was also recognized with the "2019 Excellence in Music Award" from the City of Markham, an award presented personally by Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti. (This award is open to professional arts organizations, orchestras, ensembles in the Markham area etc.) . Over the past three years, Antian has been the focus of several documentary features and interviews by TV, Radio Stations and several newspapers in Toronto. In 2021, Antian is just won the place of 2021spotlight Piano Competition (Junior division) Gold medal of 2021 North American Virtuoso Int. Music Competition(Youth division), and awarded honourable for The First Ise-Shima Online International Music Competition for Young Musicians in Japan, the Canadian International piano competition (14-17 years group), and distinction certificate of Neapolitan Masters Competition(Junior B). In 2020, Antian won two European Piano Competitions: Music and Star Awards Intl. Piano Competition(Group D, Gold Award) and Stay home Intl. Piano Competition -young edition (3rd place). She also won both Solo and Ensemble categories of the Beethoven 250th anniversary competition, which is run by AAF level GOCAA Intl. Piano Competition. Antian is the Contracted Youth Pianist of Global Outstanding Chinese Artists Association (GOCAA) Intl. Piano Competition(AAF). Antian is the winner and the best of class of the Open/University level of OMFA Ontario 2020 provincial final. Other main achievements including: the winner of Crescendo Intl. Piano Competition and CMC Canada national final, etc. Antian also successfully obtained Harvard University online course certificate on Beethoven's 9 symphony and 19th century orchestra in 2020. Antian has taken master classes with John O'Conor, John Perry, Robert Roux (Rice Univ.), Wha Kyung Byun (NEC), Meng Chie Liu (Curtis), and Simone Dinnerstein. She has just finished the Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier book one and Goldberg Variations. In addition to her competition repertoire, her special projects for the year include six Beethoven sonatas, Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Robert Schumann's Waldszenen, Op. 82, a host of virtuosic works and études, as well as several concerti. As a grade 9 TOPS program student, Antian is the regular winner of the International math contest winner of American AMC math contest series, Waterloo Math Contest series, Canada Mathematics Math Contest, Canada Kangaroo Math contest and Caribou math contest. Antian was a recipient of the 2021 D. E. Shaw Group AMC 8 Certificate of Excellence because her score was one of the top five scorers for the AMC 8 in MAA Section! She also credited on" Globally Distinction Honour "for 2020 AMC8. Previous Next

< Back Previous Cooper Ly Next Pianist Gala at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall November 26, 2024 WATCH VIDEO Cooper began studying piano at the age of five with Dr. Ji Hyun Kim from the Bradley University Music Department. In 2023, he had the privilege to study under Professor Valerie Middleton at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. Cooper has won first-place honors in numerous international piano competitions and performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Albert Hall in London, and Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, Germany. He actively shares his music with the community through piano recitals at local retirement homes, annual Christmas shows, and fundraising events for organizations such as the Dream Center. In addition to piano, Cooper enjoys playing the guitar and singing. He is an avid swimmer and competes on his school swim team. His interests also extend to robotics, coding, and engineering through Vanderbilt University’s enrichment program for talented youth (SAVY). He enjoys reading and building Legos and robots in his free time. Notable Performance Venues International: Beethoven-Haus, Bonn, Germany (2023) Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (2022, 2023) Royal Albert Hall, London, England (2023) Domestic: The Heritage at Brentwood, Brentwood, TN (2024) Abe’s Garden Community, Nashville, TN (2024) Belmont University, Nashville, TN (2024) Liscomb University, Nashville, TN (2023, 2024) Turner Hall at Blair School of Music, Nashville, TN (2023) Edmondson Elementary School, Brentwood, TN (2023) Natchez Trace Church, Nashville, TN (2022) Betty Jayne Performance Center, Peoria, IL (2021) Lutheran Hillside Village, Peoria, IL (2021) Peoria Academy, Peoria, IL (2021) Peoria Art Guild CEFCU Stage (2021) Awards and Honors 06/01/2024: TMTA State Competition – Honorable Mention 03/02/2024: NAMTA Audition – Superior Rating 02/24/2024: NPAC Audition – Superior+ Rating 12/22/2023: Bonn Germany Grand Prize Virtuoso – First Prize 07/14/2023: Golden Classical International Music Competition – 1st Prize 05/23/2022: Gold Keys Festival, Carnegie Hall – Gold Prize 04/13/2022: London Grand Prize Virtuoso – First Prize

< Back Michał Szostak Organ/Baroque Judge, Board Member Learn More Videos About I started studying the organ at the age of 17 in Warsaw, Poland. I am a graduate of the Józef Elsner Public School of Music in Warsaw in the organ class of Dr Roman Szlaużys and organ improvisation in the class of Prof. Marian Sawa. I had been studying organ performance as part of an artistic internship at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw in Prof. Andrzej Chorosiński’s class, as well as organ improvisation at the Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra in Milan (Italy) in Maestro Davide Paleari’s class. I participated in master classes on the subject matter of organ works (Ullrich Böhme, Andrew Dewar, Pieter van Dijk, François Espinasse, Bernhard Gfrerer, François-Henri Houbart, Oliver Penin, Louis Robilliard, Daniel Roth , Jean-Claude Zehnder and others), organ improvisation (Frédéric Blanc, Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin, Thierry Escaich , Gaétan Jarry, Samuel Liégeon, Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard, Wolfgang Seifen, Sietze de Vries and others) and liturgical music (Roman Catholic and Anglican). In February 2019, I obtained an academic degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in the field of 'Instrumental Studies' in the discipline of 'Organ Performance' based on the dissertation of "Organ, as a source of inspiration in the art of improvisation and performance practice" written under the direction of prof. Andrzej Chorosiński and defended at the Białystok faculty of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. I am an international concert organist and I have the pleasure to perform regular solo recitals in countries of Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Africa: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brasil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Monaco, Nigeria, Panama, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, and the USA. I conduct international (Nigeria, Poland, Ukraine) didactic activities in the field of organ improvisation and practice of interpretation of organ literature from different periods, among others in cooperation with The Royal School of Church Music. I participate in international academic conferences on organ and sacred music (Belgium, Nigeria, Poland). My organological publications are issued regularly by prestigious organ magazines: British "The Organ" , Canadian "Organ Canada" , as well as American "The Diapason" and "The Vox Humana" . Since 2013 I have been a member of The Royal College of Organists, based in London, and since 2014 (as the first Pole) I have had a certificate (certRCO) from this organization. Since 2017 I have been a member of The American Guild of Organists, based in New York City, USA and since 2018 I have been a member of The Organ Historical Society based in the USA. In the years 2002-2011, I was an organist at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Warsaw; I wrote a monograph on the history of the organ (J.G. Meinert, 1782) of this church, and I recorded a CD (organ literature and improvisations) , which is the only record of the sound of this instrument which no longer exists. At that time I co-authored a series of broadcasts on “Radio Warszawa 106.2” about organs in the Warsaw-Prague Diocese. In the years 2011-2018, I held the position of Music Director and the Leading Organist at the Sanctuary of the Virgin Mary in Lichen Stary, where I played the largest organ in Poland (Zych, 157, 6M+P) located in the Basilica in Licheń Stary (the largest church in Poland). In 2017, I wrote the book "The Lichen Organ in relation to the Largest Instruments in Poland, Europe and the World" and recorded a compact disc, “Ave Regina Caelorum” with improvisations on the biggest organ in Poland (in the Basilica in Licheń Stary - can be bought on eBay ). In 2018 I recorded a second compact disc in the Basilica in Licheń Stary, Poland with French literature and improvisations, "French Inspirations: 2nd half of the 19th century" ( eBay ). In addition, I have completed Masters and PhD studies in the area of economics at the Leon Kozminski Academy in Warsaw. Since 2019, as an Associate Professor, I work at the University of Social Sciences in Warsaw, where I conduct interdisciplinary scientific and research work at the interface between management and art, as well as didactic activities for English-language BA, MA, and MBA programs and at the Polish campus of the Clark University, Worcester, USA, in the area of international finance, corporate finance, financial analysis, financial and managerial accounting, self-presentation, business presentations, marketing of visual arts, business ethics, and CSR. I am a Deputy Dean for international student affairs of the Faculty of Management and Security. Since 2021, as an Assistant Professor, I work at the Collegium Civitas in Warsaw. I am also the founder and president of the Jan Drzewoski Foundation dealing with a wide range of organ themes. For more detailed information, please visit www.michalszostak.org/cv Michał Szostak, D.Mus.A., Associate Professor Previous Next

< Back Previous Tzu-yi Chen Next WATCH VIDEO “Magnificent,” wrote Frank Daykin in the New York Concert Review about Taiwanese pianist Tzu-yi Chen’s solo debut at Carnegie Hall. “She displayed…not only technical command, beautiful tone, total artistic involvement, deep feeling, stylistic understanding, but most importantly, the feeling of spontaneity, even risk, that makes an evening truly memorable.” The Review praised her 2019 piano-duo recital with Lan-in Winnie Yang as “delightful” and a 2022 collaborative performance as “outstanding.” Tzu-yi is on the artist roster of the New-York-based New Asia Chamber Music Society, appearing on its “Unforgettable Memories” CD, available on Apple Music. Her 2020 collaboration with the group at the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery included works by Beethoven as well as compositions by the Taiwanese composers Shi-hui Chen and Ke-chia Chen and arrangements of Japanese folk songs. Recent appearances include recitals in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, performances at national venues in Taiwan, and recitals at Bolzano Conservatory in Italy. She recently served as collaborative pianist for the Robert Spencer Concerto Competition in Virginia and the U.S. Army Orchestra's Young Artist Concerto Competition in Washington DC. Tzu-yi’s upcoming engagements include a lecture on "Liszt and Re-enchantment: Beauty as a Portal to the Sacred" and a performance of Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus at the 2026 American Liszt Society Annual Conference. At home in Washington DC, Tzu-yi is a teacher and adjudicator, whose students have garnered more than 45 awards in regional and state-level competitions. Tzu-yi holds the Premier Prix from the Paris Conservatory and two graduate degrees from the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany. She earned the Artist Diploma from Columbus State University, where she co-founded the International Friendship Ministries’ Arts Academy. In 2023, she completed her DMA at the University of Maryland, College Park, with a dissertation on "Departure, Conflict, and Rebirth in the Musical Language of Franz Liszt."