Biography of Vicky Yang
An outstanding concert pianist with virtuosic brilliance, Vicky Yang is currently the founder and director of Volteggiando Music. As well as a performer, she also has been lecturing in universities. The school she has participated included: Indiana University, USA (Assistant professor); Lismore Conservatorium (guest artist), NSW; Tainan School of Music for Talents (guest professor), University of Chia-Yi, Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University. She is also a judge for various piano competitions include Quota Beenleigh International, Brisbane Eisteddfod, Melbourne Fest & Society and more.
Her success in competitions include several major prizes and scholarships, including the Indiana University Music Scholarship for excellent performance, Cincinnati school of music piano performance scholarship, US pointed accompanist award, Verbiel Switzerland summer camp, Indiana Chamber Award, Talented Artists (USA), Juilliard (New York) Camp, Outstanding music performance award, Yamaha Australian Piano Competition (the prize being a grand piano), City of Sydney Challenge, Queensland Piano Competition (several times), Ruby C. Cooling Prize (2 times), the Margaret Ann Kerrison Scholarship, the International Scholarship for Music (3 times), the Griffith Award for Academic Excellence (2 times), and is also an Australian National Academy of Music Scholarship holder and member of the International Golden Key Academic Honors Society. In 2009, Vicky is also the holder of William Williams Award. This year, she was invited as juries for several music competitions as well as acting as a Music & Sound Director for Otto's short film.
The Taiwan-born pianist graduated as one of the youngest student at Queensland Conservatorium of Music at the age of 19 with Bachelor of Music Performance with Honors, studying double major in piano and percussion with formal London Philharmonic Orchestra percussionist Alan Cumberland, renowned Russian teachers and performers Oleg Stepanov and Natasha Vlassenko. She was then accepted to study Master of Music and Artistic Diploma/Doc in Indiana University in USA with full scholarship. In addition, she was invited to take part in music festivals and masterclasses with the renowned Russian concert pianist Bella Davidovich at Juilliard School of Music in New York. Since then she has completed three master degrees and has taken her study further to PhD/DMA.
Vicky has performed piano solo with orchestra and ensembles in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Germany, France, Vienna, Italy, Switzerland, London, Canada and the United States, including New York, Baltimore, New Jersey, Indiana, Cincinnati and others. As well as adjudicating competitions and audition, Vicky is also an active chamber musician where she has appeared to TV shows and completed recordings for 4MBS, ABC radio and other radio stations in both USA and Taiwan.
