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She is a classical pianist and teacher born in Hong
Kong and later moving to Canada
in the early 1970s. She first learnt
to play the piano when she was three years old, being taught by her mother
and then her aunt, who was a professional piano teacher. She studied at the Juilliard School
and Indiana University. She has
played as a soloist and with many chamber ensembles, and has
performed with orchestras and ensembles that include the Calgary
Philharmonic Orchestra
, the CBC Vancouver
Orchestra, Takacs and the Vogler and Colorado
Quartets. As a soloist she has appeared
with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the St.
Louis Symphony, the Utah
Symphony
, the Israel Philharmonic and nearly every major orchestra in Canada. As the recipient of many first
prizes in competitions, she has been a 1986 Gold Medal Winner at the Arthur
Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition and a winner of the
Montreal International Piano Competition. She has also received a Medal of
Excellence at the Salzburg Mozarteum and a Career Development Grant from
the Canadian Council. As a
teacher she has given many masterclasses all over
the world, been on the faculty of the
University
of
Colorado
and she is
currently an Associate Professor of Piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of
Music.
Calgary
Philharmonic Orchestra recordings
Spanish
Rhapsody ( Isaac Albeniz)
CBC 5195 (CD: Nights
in the Gardens of Spain)
Conductor - Hans Graf
Piano - Angela Cheng
Sources:
- http://www.pianistangelacheng.com/biography.html
- http://www.oberlin.edu/con/faculty/cheng_angela.html
- http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2493/is_4_54/ai_n9510949
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