Chia-Ying Tang
Taiwan
25 y.o.
Education and training
- MMus, Piano – Royal Academy of Music, London, 2017 – 2019
- BMus, Piano – Royal Academy of Music, 2013 – 2017
- GCSE & A level, Piano – Yehudi Menuhin School of Music, 2009- 2013
Piano teachers
- Christopher Elton, 2013 – Present
- Marcel Baudet, 2009 – 2013
- Chin-Chun Chung, 2007 – 2009
Performances
- National Concert Hall, Taipei – Debut performance in 2006, Solo Recitals in 2011 & 2013
- Solo Recital at National Recital Hall in 2017 & 2007
- Wigmore Hall, London – Debut performance in 2010 July, and showcase concert in 2012
- Yehudi Menuhin School Graduation Solo performance in 2013
- Angela Burgess Recital Hall, London, piano festival showcase in 2019
- Dukes’s Hall, London, piano recital in 2019
- University of Education Concert Hall, Taipei, solo recital in 2018
- Steinway Hall, London, piano recital in 2017
- Leeds Clothworkers Centenary Hall, Leeds, piano recital in 2017
- Hamamatsu Acts City Concert Hall, Japan, Hamamatsu Piano Competition recital round in 2016
- Television Broadcasts BBC Young Musicians Competition in 2013
- Radio Broadcasts BBC Radio 3, Yehudi Menuhin School showcase in 2013
- The Yehudi Menuhin Hall, various showcase concerts from 2009-2013
- Forbidden City Concert Hall, Beijing, YMS showcase concerts in 2013
- Philarmonie Haarlem, Netherlands, solo recital and chamber concert tours in 2013
- Royal Overseas League, Edinburgh, solo and chamber showcase in 2013
Awards & Scholarships
- Lloyd Hartley Prize (for best postgraduate final recital at Royal Academy of Music), Winner (2019)
- Ealing Concerto Award Competition, London, Gold Medal (2019)
- Tobias Matthay Fellowship, RAM, Winner (2018)
- Beethoven Concerto Prize, RAM, Winner (2018)
- Help Musicians UK Postgraduate Award/Ian Fleming Award, London,Winner (2018)
- Craxton Memorial Postgraduate Award, London, Winner (2017)
- Full Scholarship Award (Royal Academy of Music), Winner (2013)
- Marco Fortini International Piano Competition, Italy, Gold Medal (2008)
- 29th Kawai Piano Competition, Taipei, Gold Medal (2005)
Master classes
Selected to attend public master classes at the Royal Academy of Music with : Robert Levin, Richard Goode, Pascal Devoyon, Pascal Rogé, John Perry, Solomon Mikowsky and Imogen Cooper.
Envisaged programme
First round
L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
F. Martin: Preludes No. 7 & 8
Second round
J.S. Bach: Toccata in G Major, BWV 916
H. Dutilleux, Piano Sonata, 3. Choral & Variations
R. Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9
Semifinal
F.J. Haydn: Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49
F. Liszt: Funérailles
B. Bartók: Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, Sz. 74, BB 83
F. Chopin, Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
Final
L. van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15