Birth name 蘇思羽 Name Szuyu Su Instruments Piano | Occupation(s) Musician Genres Classical | |
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Born March 14, 1998 (age 26)
Tainan, Taiwan ( 1998-03-14 ) | ||
Szuyu Rachel Su
Szuyu Rachel Su (Chinese: 蘇思羽, born March 14, 1998) is a Taiwanese classical pianist. She began playing piano at age four and has won many awards. She lives in Tainan, Taiwan.
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Studies
Rachel began to study piano at the age of four and is now under the instruction of Grace Chung of the Tainan National University of the Arts. She also has been instructed by masters such as Meng-Chieh Liu, Seymour Lipkin, Susan Starr, Yuri Ayrapetyan, Vitali Berzon, Cosmo Buono, Alexander Braginski, Jerome Lowenthal and others. In 2017, she was offered scholarships to study in the Juilliard School, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Royal School of Music. She then decided to study at Curtis.
Accomplishments
Since an early age, Su showed absolute pitch talent and sight reading. In 2006 she participated in the Taipei Arts Festival and was accepted by George Vatchnadze and Boris Slutsky, two masters guides; and by Gergely Boganyi Masters appreciation performed in master classes, sponsored by the Council for Cultural Affairs in 2007. On May 26, 2011 she had a solo recital in Taipei National Hall, the same year that she won three international competitions and was invited to play in Carnegie Hall by U.S. music competition organizer American Protégé. On October 5, 2012 she made her orchestra debut with the symphony of National Taipei University of Education playing Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4 Op.58 in a Steinway piano competition winner's concert.