About Piano Cleveland

Khanh Nhi Luong

February 05th 2024

Vietnamese pianist Khanh Nhi Luong has enjoyed an international career spanning over three continents. Born and raised in a musical family, Nhi started playing piano at the age of four. In 2014, Nhi was the only candidate who was chosen to study in Kunstuniversität Graz (Austria) with full scholarship, after a series of auditions which were held by the ASIA-Uninet and OeAD in the South-East Asia region. During her time in Austria, she was engaged in numerous performances throughout Europe, such as Bad Goisern (Austria), Karlsruhe (Germany), and Aarhus (Denmark).

Nhi is the prize winner of the Yong Siew Toh Concerto Competition (2017), Lee University International Piano Competition (2021), MTNA National Piano Competition (2023), the University of Michigan School of Music Concerto Competition (2023), and recently, the Sicily International Piano Competition, which gained her a five-concert tour in Italy and England in 2024.

Nhi was selected to perform in various international festivals such as the Amalfi Music Festival (Italy), Engadin Summer Piano Academy (Samedan, Switzerland) and Musical Chairs (Montreal, Canada). She has worked alongside András Schiff, Gábor Tákacs-Nagy, Stephen Hough, Shlomo Mintz, Nelson Goerner, and David Fray.

Nhi obtained her bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance with full scholarship at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore) and Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Chamber Music at the University of Michigan, where she continues to pursue her Doctoral of Musical Arts degree under the tutelage of Professor Christopher Harding.


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