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Tiffany Poon
潘活活
Born (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 27)
Hong Kong
NationalityHong Kong
United States
EducationJuilliard School
Columbia University (BA)
OccupationPianist
Websitetiffanypoon.com

Tiffany Poon (born 29 December 1996, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-born American YouTuber and classical pianist, currently residing in New York City.

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

  • 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]

References

  1. ^ a b Wise, Brian (1 May 2021). "New Artist of the Month: Tiffany Poon". Musical America. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  2. ^ "News Post". www.calhoun.org. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  3. ^ "Senior Profile: Tiffany Poon, CC '18". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. ^ "Tiffany Poon - Piano - Biography". Young Artist Foundation. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  5. ^ "Biography | Tiffany Poon". Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  6. ^ Blackmore-Dobbyn, Andrew (25 November 2020). "Tiffany Poon: "Music is not about music, it's about life"". Bachtrack. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  7. ^ "Together with Classical". Togetherw/Classical. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  8. ^ a b "Tiffany Poon Piano Recital | Department of Music | Brown University". www.brown.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  9. ^ a b "Tiffany Poon". Top of the World. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  10. ^ Ueno, Azusa (2022-08-08). "Review: Dvořák - Chamber Works - Jan Vogler". The Classic Review. Retrieved 2022-08-25.

External links

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