Tiffany Poon

Tiffany Poon (born 29 December 1996) is a Chinese-American classical pianist.

Tiffany Poon
Born (1996-12-29) 29 December 1996
Hong Kong
NationalityChinese, American
OccupationPianist
Websitetiffanypoon.com

Career

Poon began taking piano lessons at the age of 4. Aged 9, she moved to New York to study at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division for 8 years with a full scholarship, under the guidance of Yoheved Kaplinsky. Poon continued her studies through the Columbia University/Juilliard School exchange program with Emanuel Ax and Joseph Kalichstein. In May 2018, she graduated from Columbia University as a John Jay Scholar with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.[1]

Poon made her concerto debut at the age of 10, and has since appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and China. She has performed at various prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall in New York City and Sala Mozart in Bologna, Italy. Poon has appeared as a soloist with the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and Moscow Chamber Orchestra of Pavel Slobodkin Centre.[2]

In 2020, Poon founded Together with Classical, a nonprofit charity that seeks to unite people and communities by promoting classical music, as well as supporting and funding classical music education programs and opportunities.[3]

Awards
  • 2012: First Prize and Best Performance of Concerto Award, 8th Moscow International Frederic Chopin Competition for Young Pianists
  • Second prize, Walter W. Naumburg Foundation International Competition
  • 2013: Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition
  • 2014: National YoungArts Winner in the United States
  • 2014: First Prize, Juliard Pre-College Concerto Competition
  • 2014: Second Prize, 10th Chopin Golden Ring International Competition, Slovenia
  • 2016: First Prize, Manhattan International Music Competition
  • 2016: Third Prize, 17th International Robert Schumann Competition, Germany
  • 2016: Third Prize, “Debut at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall” International Concerto Competition
  • 2019: Second Place, KlavierOlymp of the Kissinger Sommer Festival
  • 2019: Young Artist Award, Hessen Agency at the Rheingau Music Festival.[4][5]

Discography
  • Natural Beauty - J.S. Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Kawai Edition, 2014[6]

References
  1. "Senior Profile: Tiffany Poon, CC '18". Columbia Daily Spectator. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  2. "Biography | Tiffany Poon". Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. "Together with Classical". Togetherw/Classical. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
  4. "Tiffany Poon Piano Recital | Department of Music | Brown University". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  5. "Tiffany Poon". Top of the World. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  6. "Tiffany Poon". Top of the World. Retrieved 2021-02-08.


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