Anne liu
PIANIST
Biography
“I am inspired by your dedication to learning and look forward to hearing of your many accomplishments in the years ahead,” praised by President Donald J. Trump himself, eighteen-year-old Anne Liu has stunned audiences with her sensitive tones, virtuosity, and coloristic ranges. Liu, a student at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky and an academic student at Columbia University, was just named a 2019 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and has been honored by the President of the United States of America at the White House and the Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.
“Miss Liu is not just a pianist, she is a musician and artist,” remarked pianist John Mark Harris after hearing her performance. In recent years, Liu has won numerous regional, national, and international competitions around the world. In 2018, she was one of the two musicians in the nation to win the 2018 Davidson Fellow Scholarship along with Presidential Recognition. That same year, Liu was also named as a 2018 National YoungArts finalist winner and received U.S. Congressional recognition for this honor. Liu recently won the Grand Prize and Full Scholarship to the 2019 Aspen Music Festival and School at the 2018 Musical Merit Competition, featuring contestants in a variety of instruments along with vocalists, ages 16-32. In addition, Liu is a top prize winner in the Young Musicians Foundation David Weiss Memorial Scholarship, the 8th Bosendorfer and Yamaha USAsu International Piano Competition, the Los Angeles International Young Musician Competition, the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition and a special prize for overall best performance of “Opera Paraphrase or Transcription” in all categories, the H.B. Goodlin Scholarship Competition, , and the Grossmont Music Competition etc.
Liu has performed extensively in the U.S., China and Italy. Liu has performed in John F. Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Harris Concert Hall in Aspen, San Diego Symphony Copley Hall, New World Center in Miami, Auer Hall in Indiana University, Katzin Concert Hall in Arizona, Ningbo Concert Hall in China.
After making her concerto debut at the age of 12 playing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 with the San Diego Great Orchestra, Liu has gone on to collaborate with the South Coast Symphony, the Southern California Philharmonic, and the La Jolla Symphony multiple times. She has performed with world-class musicians, such as Tony Award Winner--Mr. Christian Hoff.
Furthermore, Liu has been inspired and worked with worldly renowned musicians such as Maestro Menahem Pressler, Maestro Arie Vardi, Maestro Dmitri Bashkirov, Maestro William Grant Naboré, Maestro Stanislav Ioudenitch, and Dr. Christopher Harding in masterclasses.
From San Diego, California, Liu started playing the piano at the age of four. In her high school years, Liu attended the public high school, Canyon Crest Academy, ranked number one in the state of California for its academic excellence. Her previous teachers include Ethan Yi Dong and Ariel Yang at Opus119 Conservatory of Music and Mrs. Inessa Litvin.
“I am inspired by your dedication to learning and look forward to hearing of your many accomplishments in the years ahead,” praised by President Donald J. Trump himself, eighteen-year-old Anne Liu has stunned audiences with her sensitive tones, virtuosity, and coloristic ranges. Liu, a student at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky and an academic student at Columbia University, was just named a 2019 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and has been honored by the President of the United States of America at the White House and the Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.
“Miss Liu is not just a pianist, she is a musician and artist,” remarked pianist John Mark Harris after hearing her performance. In recent years, Liu has won numerous regional, national, and international competitions around the world. In 2018, she was one of the two musicians in the nation to win the 2018 Davidson Fellow Scholarship along with Presidential Recognition. That same year, Liu was also named as a 2018 National YoungArts finalist winner and received U.S. Congressional recognition for this honor. Liu recently won the Grand Prize and Full Scholarship to the 2019 Aspen Music Festival and School at the 2018 Musical Merit Competition, featuring contestants in a variety of instruments along with vocalists, ages 16-32. In addition, Liu is a top prize winner in the Young Musicians Foundation David Weiss Memorial Scholarship, the 8th Bosendorfer and Yamaha USAsu International Piano Competition, the Los Angeles International Young Musician Competition, the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition and a special prize for overall best performance of “Opera Paraphrase or Transcription” in all categories, the H.B. Goodlin Scholarship Competition, , and the Grossmont Music Competition etc.
Liu has performed extensively in the U.S., China and Italy. Liu has performed in John F. Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Harris Concert Hall in Aspen, San Diego Symphony Copley Hall, New World Center in Miami, Auer Hall in Indiana University, Katzin Concert Hall in Arizona, Ningbo Concert Hall in China.
After making her concerto debut at the age of 12 playing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 with the San Diego Great Orchestra, Liu has gone on to collaborate with the South Coast Symphony, the Southern California Philharmonic, and the La Jolla Symphony multiple times. She has performed with world-class musicians, such as Tony Award Winner--Mr. Christian Hoff.
Furthermore, Liu has been inspired and worked with worldly renowned musicians such as Maestro Menahem Pressler, Maestro Arie Vardi, Maestro Dmitri Bashkirov, Maestro William Grant Naboré, Maestro Stanislav Ioudenitch, and Dr. Christopher Harding in masterclasses.
From San Diego, California, Liu started playing the piano at the age of four. In her high school years, Liu attended the public high school, Canyon Crest Academy, ranked number one in the state of California for its academic excellence. Her previous teachers include Ethan Yi Dong and Ariel Yang at Opus119 Conservatory of Music and Mrs. Inessa Litvin.