*Li-shan Hung* began her piano study at age five in Taipei, Taiwan, and rapidly gained a reputation as an outstanding talent, winning numerous competitions and awards including the First Prize in the National Taiwan Piano Competition, the First Prize in the Taipei Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, the Third Prize in the Chinese Young Artist Piano Competition, the Third Prize of the Taipei Chopin Competition, and the Young Star Award.
Li-shan obtained her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University. Her Bachelor of Arts degree was from the National Taiwan Normal University, and she distinguished herself graduating as the top student in 1991. In the same year, she moved to the U.S. to study with renowned concert pianist Ann Schein at Peabody, where she has also received a number of awards and prizes, including the First Prize in the Palo Alto Philharmonic Concerto Competition, the Second Prize in the Harrison L. Winter Piano Competition, the Annie Wentz Prize in Chamber Music and Accompanying, the Peabody Scholarship, and the Rose Marie Milholland Award for outstanding accomplishments. Recently, she was selected to be the member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.
In her summers, Dr. Hung has attended and performed in the musical festivals at Salzburg, Moscow, Aspen, and Orford, where she had the opportunities to study with distinguished artists, such as Jörg Demus, Grant Johannesen, Sergei Dorensky, E. Malinin, and Marc Durand. Her great interest in chamber music also led her to study with the Alban Berg String Quartet in Germany.
Dr. Li-shan Hung has appeared both as a soloist and a chamber musician internationally: in the National Recital Hall in Taipei as a “New Star Artist”, the Rachmaninoff Hall in Moscow, in the Shriver Hall Concert Series in Baltimore, Orpheus Classical Music Series in Chicago, as well as other major cities in Hong Kong, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and the United States. In addition, her performances have been broadcast on Television and Radio, including WBAL, WBJC, and WFYI.
