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Hsiu-Hui Wang has enjoyed the enthusiastic applause of audiences across the United States and her native Taiwan. After a radiant performance of Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, The Baltimore Sun admired her "graceful, buoyant" performance, adding that "there is an appealing sense of lift to her playing, which gave Beethoven's passage work a balletic quality." The New Britain Herald was impressed with the ardor of her playing, remarking that "watching the dramatic expressiveness with which [she] played was also a treat to behold. . . ."
At the age of 19, Dr. Wang performed from memory the monumental first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier in recitals at Hartt School of Music and University of Maryland at College Park. She has since appeared with the Emerson String Quartet and performed with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Hartt Symphony Orchestra, and New Britain Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Wang has won numerous competitions and awards (many won while still a teenager) such as the Emerson String Quartet Competition, the Connecticut MTNA Competitions and the Hartford Symphony Auxiliary's young Artist Competition.
Dr. Wang received her bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) from the Hartt School of Music, master's degree from the University of Southern California, and her doctoral degree in piano performance from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has studied with international artists such as Raymond Hanson, Anne Koscielny, Gabriel Chodos, Stewart Gordon, and Thomas Schumacher. Dr. Wang has also received chamber music coachings from members from the Beaux Arts Trio, and the Guarneri and Emerson String Quartets. Ms. Wang was a scholarship student at the Aspen Music Festival, La Jolla SummerFest, Waterloo Music Festival, and Yellow Barn Music Festival.
Dr. Wang has been a dedicated teacher for over twenty years, and her students have won first prizes in various competitions. She has also been invited to chair and adjudicate many piano competitions and festivals. She is currently a music faculty member at Goucher College and Howard Community College where she has been selected as the 2003-2004 Arts and Humanities Division Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member.
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