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Szuyu Su

Szuyu Su
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Biography

Born in Tainan City, Taiwan, Szuyu began to learn the piano at the age of four. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and master’s degree from The Juilliard School. She is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in piano performance at Rice University under the instruction of Jon Kimura Parker. Szuyu is the winner of the 2023 Solo Piano Competition at the Music Academy of the West. She is a recipient of the CHIMEI Arts Award and the second prize winner at the 2022 Mieczyslaw Munz Piano Competition. In 2019, she won Second Prize and best mazurka performance at Beijing Chopin Piano competition. She participated in the 2021 Warsaw Chopin International Piano Competition and advanced to the second stage. Since then, she has been invited to play with orchestras and give recitals in major venues.

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