Fourteen-year-old pianist Anwen Deng was born in Brisbane, Australia. She began her piano study at the age of three. At six years old, she was the youngest piano student to be accepted into The Juilliard School’s pre-college program. She is currently studying with Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky. Anwen is the recipient of top prizes in numerous national and international piano competitions, including First Prize in the 26th Chopin International Piano Competition for Children and Youth in Szafarnia, Poland; Grand Prize in the 9th Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT; First Prize in the 2018 Steinway & Sons Piano Competition; and First Prize in the 2022 Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Young Artists’ Competition. Anwen has been featured on 7News, ABC’s documentary program “Making Child Prodigies” and NBC’s “Little Big Shots”, among others, for her talent beyond her years.
Anwen has performed several times at the Aspen Music Festival, including a concerto performance under the baton of Arie Vardi. She has also been invited to perform with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra, and the Little Orchestra Society of New York. Additionally, Anwen is studying composition at Juilliard with Dr. Ira Taxin. She has composed over 30 pieces including nocturnes, sonatas, ballades, études, waltzes, a violin suite, a string quartet, a symphony, a piano trio, and a woodwind quartet. Aside from music, Anwen also enjoys singing, dancing, reading, writing, drawing, and calligraphy.