Susan Tang, Piano

Biography

Susan Tang recently enjoyed a successful New York solo piano debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall as a winner of Artist International Management Special Presentation Winners Series. Reviews by the New York Concert Review, described her playing as having, “well-grounded technique…fluid, elegant readings…highly effective interpretations.”  She has performed in Mabou Mine’s Dollhouse, a New York theater company, as a pianist/actor in many of their shows, was featured live on New York City’s classical music station WQXR, and performed with the Eastman Symphony Orchestra.  She was the co-editor with Marc Ponthus of Elliot Carter’s Centennial Festschrift published in 2008.  

Invitations to perform and teach have taken her throughout Canada, United States, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Colombia. Passionate about education, Dr. Tang currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Piano at Northeastern Illinois University, and is the Artistic Director of the Chicago Piano Festival (a summer program geared towards young pianists).

Dr. Tang received her B.M. and M.M. from the Eastman School of Music and D.M.A. from Manhattan School of Music.