Pianist Quynh Nguyen was selected as one of the "19 young stars of tomorrow" by Musical America. The Boston Globe has praised Quynh as "a musical and expressive player who commands a flexible, singing sound" and went on to say that "she is sensitive and poetic…(and) excels in everything that requires elegance, proportion, balance…" For her Carnegie Hall performance, the New York Concert Review commends: "She is a real artist, a wonderfully communicative performer …What a compendium of intellect, sophistication and taste!"
Ms. Nguyen has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and France, in notable concert venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, McEvoy Auditorium and the Freer Gallery at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., and the Berlin Konzerthause. As a concerto soloist, she has performed with the Berlin University Orchestra, the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, the Bellflower Orchestra, the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra, the Hanoi Symphony Orchestra and the Regional Wind Orchestra of Paris. She has also distinguished herself as a prizewinner in various piano competitions such as the Artist International Presentation Competition, the Bellflower Orchestra Competition, the Artists of Tomorrow Competition of the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra, and the International Piano Concerto Competition in San Francisco. In addition, she has been featured on numerous radio stations throughout the United States including WGBH in Boston, WQXR and WNED-FM in New York, WFYI in North Indianapolis, Virginia Public Radio WHRO-FM, North Carolina WDAV Public Radio, and Voice of America Radio as well as television programs such as Channel KMTV 15 "Grand Piano," Japanese Television Fujisankei and Vietnamese Television.
Born in Hanoi, Vietnam, Quynh Nguyen was admitted to the Hanoi Conservatory of Music at the age of six. She performed her first recital when she was eight years old and had her orchestral premiere at age eleven, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466. In the same year, she performed a recital in Moscow. At age thirteen, she received a scholarship to study piano performance at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow.
Ms. Nguyen is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music, where she studied with Bella Davidovich and Jerome Rose respectively. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Graduate Center of City University of New York in 2009. She has performed in master classes given by world-renowned artists including Tatiana Nikolaeva, Jeffrey Swann, and Andras Schiff. Her dissertation titled An Analysis of Olivier Messiaen's Last Piano Solo Work: Les Petites Esquisses d'oiseauxwon the Barry Brook Dissertation award from the Graduate Center. Additionally, she is the recipient of several highly prestigious scholarships and awards, including the United States Presidential Academic Excellence Award and a Fulbright Fellowship to study music in Paris, France with Yvonne Loriod Messiaen.
Ms. Nguyen currently serves on the faculty of Hunter College and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes College of Music in New York City.
Dr. Quynh Nguyen, Piano
Biography
Pianist Quynh Nguyen was selected as one of the "19 young stars of tomorrow" by Musical America. The Boston Globe has praised Quynh as "a musical and expressive player who commands a flexible, singing sound" and went on to say that "she is sensitive and poetic…(and) excels in everything that requires elegance, proportion, balance…" For her Carnegie Hall performance, the New York Concert Review commends: "She is a real artist, a wonderfully communicative performer …What a compendium of intellect, sophistication and taste!"
Ms. Nguyen has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including Hungary, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and France, in notable concert venues such as Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, McEvoy Auditorium and the Freer Gallery at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., and the Berlin Konzerthause. As a concerto soloist, she has performed with the Berlin University Orchestra, the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, the Bellflower Orchestra, the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra, the Hanoi Symphony Orchestra and the Regional Wind Orchestra of Paris. She has also distinguished herself as a prizewinner in various piano competitions such as the Artist International Presentation Competition, the Bellflower Orchestra Competition, the Artists of Tomorrow Competition of the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra, and the International Piano Concerto Competition in San Francisco. In addition, she has been featured on numerous radio stations throughout the United States including WGBH in Boston, WQXR and WNED-FM in New York, WFYI in North Indianapolis, Virginia Public Radio WHRO-FM, North Carolina WDAV Public Radio, and Voice of America Radio as well as television programs such as Channel KMTV 15 "Grand Piano," Japanese Television Fujisankei and Vietnamese Television.
Born in Hanoi, Vietnam, Quynh Nguyen was admitted to the Hanoi Conservatory of Music at the age of six. She performed her first recital when she was eight years old and had her orchestral premiere at age eleven, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466. In the same year, she performed a recital in Moscow. At age thirteen, she received a scholarship to study piano performance at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow.
Ms. Nguyen is a graduate of The Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music, where she studied with Bella Davidovich and Jerome Rose respectively. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Graduate Center of City University of New York in 2009. She has performed in master classes given by world-renowned artists including Tatiana Nikolaeva, Jeffrey Swann, and Andras Schiff. Her dissertation titled An Analysis of Olivier Messiaen's Last Piano Solo Work: Les Petites Esquisses d'oiseaux won the Barry Brook Dissertation award from the Graduate Center. Additionally, she is the recipient of several highly prestigious scholarships and awards, including the United States Presidential Academic Excellence Award and a Fulbright Fellowship to study music in Paris, France with Yvonne Loriod Messiaen.
Ms. Nguyen currently serves on the faculty of Hunter College and the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes College of Music in New York City.