Honolulu – University of Hawai‘i Presents (UH Presents) is proud to host pianist Daniel Hsu at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Orvis Auditorium on
Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 7:30 pm. Tickets for his performance are available for purchase online at
outreach.hawaii.edu/community/ or by phone at 808-956-8246.
On
Wednesday, March 13, the day before his performance, Daniel will be conducting a masterclass with student piano duo, Jairus Rhoades and Sophie Nguyen who, after winning the Hawaii and Southwest Regional Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) competitions, will be competing at the MTNA National Competition the following week. Co-presented with the Hawaii Music Teachers Association, the event will be held at the UH Mānoa Music Department Room 36 at 6 pm. The public is welcome to this free event. Please RSVP at
https://www.hmta.org/education.
Characterized by the Philadelphia Inquirer as a “poet…[with] an expressive edge to his playing that charms, questions, and coaxes,” American pianist Daniel Hsu captured the bronze medal and prizes for best performance of both the commissioned work and chamber music at the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Also a 2016 Gilmore Young Artist, first prize winner of the 2015 CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition, and bronze medalist of the 2015 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, he is increasingly recognized for his easy virtuosity and bold musicianship.
A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Daniel Hsu began taking piano lessons at age 6 with Larisa Kagan. He made his concerto debut with the Fremont Symphony Orchestra at age 8, and his recital debut at the Steinway Society of the Bay Area at age 9, before being accepted into the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of 10, along with his two older siblings. Since then, he has made his debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra (2016) and Carnegie Hall (2017) as part of the CAG Winners Series at Weill Recital Hall. He has appeared in recitals at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, and Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, as well as in concerts in Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, and New York. With orchestra, Daniel has collaborated with the Tokyo, North Carolina, Grand Rapids, New Haven, and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras, working with conductors Leonard Slatkin, Nicholas McGegan, Cristian Măcelaru, Ruth Reinhardt, and Marcelo Lehninger.
He is a Marvel film buff and enjoys programming. He contributed to the creation of Workflow, a popular productivity app that allows users to automate tasks on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, which won the coveted 2015 Apple Design Award and was acquired by Apple in March 2017.
Photos for media available at
https://www.cliburn.org/?performer=daniel-hsu or email
csinfo@hawaii.edu.
About UH Presents:
UH Presents brings to Hawai‘i an eclectic mix of artists from the mainland, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Workshops, master classes, and lecture-demonstrations are arranged to maximize the educational value of the productions. UH Presents works closely with the Performing Arts Presenters of Hawai‘i and other organizations across the state. For more information, please visit
outreach.hawaii.edu/community or email us at
csinfo@hawaii.edu.
This event is supported in part by:
