Fang-Wei Hsu
As a frequent performer, Taiwan-born pianist Fang-Wei Hsu, made her concerto debut at the age of fifteen with the Eastern Symphony Orchestra conducted by world renowned conductor, maestro Gerard Schwarz. Her performance of Liszt’s Totentanz was featured by the Classical Voice North Carolina and it raved that Ms. Hsu “tossed the fiendish passages … like water off a duck’s back” and “she finessed her way through the piece with strong stamina …her energy never wavered through the course of the 15- minute workout”. In addition, Ms. Hsu has made recital appearances at the Weill and Zankel Halls at Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy Center.
Ms. Hsu graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy with high honors, where she studied with Yoshikazu Nagai and Michael Coonrod. Ms. Hsu also holds degrees of Bachelor, Master and Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of Natalya Antonova with two minor degrees in Collaborative Piano and Music Theory.
As an avid collaborative pianist and educator, Ms. Hsu held graduate awards in accompanying and classroom teaching while studying at the Eastman School of Music. She was nominated as a finalist for the Teaching Assistant Prize for Excellence of Teaching and was also a recipient of the Excellence in Accompanying Award in 2020.
Ms. Hsu currently serves as a piano faculty at the Eastman Community Music School where she was awarded the Jack L. Frank Award for Excellent in Teaching in 2022.