Research Statement

As a musician and university professor, I aim to impart knowledge and inspire leaning.  More specifically, in working with my piano students to play in appropriate historical styles with correct tempos, articulations, dynamics, and pedalings.  I also help each student to develop his/her inner feelings about compositions, creating personalized musical interpretations.  Finally, I always encourage my students to excel.  Through my past ten years of teaching at the University of Utah, many of my students have won international and national piano competitions:

               2017 Hilton Head International Piano Competition

               2016 MTNA Performance Competition

               Louisiana International Junior Piano Competition

Los Angeles Young Musician International Competition

Enkor International Piano and Violin Competition in Düsseldorf, Germany

The Annual American Fine Arts Festival Concerto

The Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition

Seattle International Piano Competition

Gina Bachauer International Junior Piano Competition Audition

American Protégé International Piano Competition

MTNA/Utah Performance Competition

UMTA Concerto Competition

Rebecca Marriott Champion Piano Competition

American Fork Symphony Concerto Competition

Oquirrh Mountain Symphony Annual Concerto Competition

American West Symphony Concert Series

Salute to Youth –Utah Symphony Concerto Competition

SummerArts Piano Competition at the University of Utah

 

Research Keywords

  • Piano

Creative Research

  • Yanqi Wang won the Honorable Mention at the 2024 UMTA Concerto Competition on February 4, 2024 Competition, completed 02/04/2024.
  • Yanqi Wang won the First Prize in the American Protégé International Piano and String Competition in New York City; she has been invited to perform at the Weill Hall in the Carnegie Hall later this year. Competition, completed 02/01/2024.
  • He Chang won the First Prize (First Degree) in the XVII Piano Composition Competition – winner in the International Professional Category with composition Erzichengzhou (Farewell by the River) at the Golden Key International Music Festival; New York, USA and Vienna, Austria on January 2024. Competition, completed 01/15/2024.
  • Piano Chamber Recital, Faculty and Friends, Joel Rosenberg and Carl Johansen; Thompson Hall; University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; December 13, 2023 Performance, completed 12/13/2023.
  • Piano Chamber Recital, hosted by the Governor’s Mansion Artist Series; state governor’s mansion in Salt Lake City, Utah; November 29, 2023 Performance, completed 11/29/2023.
  • Piano masterclass at the Department of Music, Southern Utah University, Thorley Recital Hall; Cedar City, Utah; November 15, 2023 Other, completed 11/15/2023.
    https://events.suu.edu/event/wind_symphony_concert...
  • Two Piano Concerto with the Southern Utah University Symphony Orchestra in Heritage Center Theater; Cedar City, Utah; November 15, 2023 Performance, completed 11/15/2023.
    https://events.suu.edu/event/wind_symphony_concert...
  • Piano masterclass at the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts; Salt Lake City, Utah; November 9, 2023 Other, completed 11/09/2023.
  • Piano Concerto performance with the American West Symphony; Piano Area Soloists with the AWS; Libby Concert Hall; University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; October 23, 2023 Performance, completed 10/23/2023.
  • Piano Chamber Recital with Joel Rosenberg in Libby Concert Hall; University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; September 27, 2023 Performance, completed 09/27/2023.
  • Jingwei Zhang won the Best Teacher Award in the 2023 8th China Youth Music Competition Hummingbird Awards – Hubei Region in China, 2023 Competition, completed 09/17/2023.
  • Director of the SummerArts Piano Competition at the School of Music, University of Utah. The SummerArts Competition offers elementary through college piano students the opportunity to compete for cash awards, scholarships and performance prizes. August 10 - 12, 2023. Competition, completed 08/10/2023.
    https://music.utah.edu/community/summer-music/summ...
  • Yanqi Wang won First Prize at the 2023 SummerArts Piano Competition; School of Music University of Utah; Salt Lake City on August 10, 2023. Competition, completed 08/10/2023.
  • Ke An won the second prize in the 2023 American Protégé International Piano and String Competition in NYC in June 2023. Competition, completed 06/15/2023.
  • Piano Chamber Recital with Joel Rosenberg, Marcel Bowman, and Monika Rosborough-Bowma in Libby Concert Hall; University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; May 2, 2023 Performance, completed 05/02/2023.
  • Piano masterclass at the College of Performance and Visual Arts School of Music, University of Northern Colorado; Greely, Colorado; April 18, 2023 Other, completed 04/18/2023.
  • Piano duo recital; Guest Concert at the UNC Campus Common Performance Hall at the College of Performance and Visual Arts School of Music, University of Northern Colorado; Greely, Colorado; April 18, 2023 Performance, completed 04/18/2023.
  • Piano Duo Recital, hosted by the Utah Valley University Music Department Piano Area; Noorda Center for the Performing Arts Recital Hall; Orem, Utah; April 6, 2023 Performance, completed 04/06/2023.
  • Yanqi Wang and Richard He won the third prize in the 2023 MTNA-Stecher & Horowitz Two Pianos Competition; Reno, NV; March 26, 2023. I am the teacher of both students. Competition, completed 03/26/2023.
  • Yanqi Wang and Richard He won the Third Prize in the 2023 MTNA - Stecher & Horowitz Two Pianos Competition in Reno, NV on March 26, 2023 Competition, completed 03/26/2023.
  • Present coaching sessions in the 2023 MTNA -Stecher & Horowitz Two Piano Competition; Reno, Nevada; March 24 – 26, 2023 Competition, completed 03/24/2023.
  • Qi Su, DMA student who has won the honorable Mention in the 2023 UMTA Concerto Competition; February 12, 2023 Competition, completed 02/12/2023.
  • Qi Su won the Honorable Mention in the 2023 UMTA Concerto Competition on February 12, 2023 Competition, completed 02/12/2023.
  • Richard Chang won the First Prize in the 3rd Franz Liszt Center International Piano Competition in Span on January 23, 2023. Competition, completed 01/23/2023.
  • Jingwei Javier Zhang won the First Prize at the Nouvelles Etoiles International Music Competition in France – Category of Professional Piano Soloist from age 23 – 26 on January 2023 Competition, completed 01/15/2023.
  • Piano Trio Concert with Blanka Bednarz and Joel Rosenberg, a holiday home concert; Salt Lake City; November 22, 2022 Performance, completed 11/22/2022.
  • Record the Bach Prelude & Fugue in B minor, BWV 893 Performance, completed 11/16/2022.
    https://youtu.be/7f3uqRM3aO4
  • Piano Trio, Faculty and Guest Recital; program included Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, K. 364 and Brahms’s Trio in G Major for Piano, Violin, and Cello based on the String Sextet no. 2, op. 36; Libby Concert Hall, the University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; October 25, 2022 Performance, completed 10/25/2022.
  • Piano Duo and Chamber Concert, a joint concert of the School of Music and the U Confucius Institute; Program included various Eastern and Western piano duo and ensemble works; Libby Concert Hall, the University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; October 2, 2022 Performance, completed 10/02/2022.
  • Piano Solo and Chamber Recital, hosted by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Black Box Theatre in the Rosen Wagner Hall; Salt Lake City, Utah. Performance, completed 09/10/2022.
    https://rdtutah.org/show-item/bachauer-piano/
  • Piano Duo Performance, hosted by the University of Utah School of Music, A Night of Classics at the Club, 2022 Piano Outreach Program Benefit Concert; Salt Lake City, Utah. Performance, completed 07/28/2022.
  • Piano solo performance; the University of Utah All About Bach Festival; Libby Gardner Hall; March 27, 2022 Performance, completed 03/27/2022.
  • Piano duo performance of Mozart’s Double Piano Concerto in E-flat, K 365; Piano Area Soloists with the American West Symphony in Libby Gardner Concert Hall; March 14, 2022 Performance, completed 03/14/2022.
  • Piano master class, Tulane University Department of Music; New Orleans, Louisiana; December 2, 2021 Other, completed 12/02/2021.
  • Piano duo recital; Concert Piano Series at the Tulane University; Dixon Hall at the Newcomb Department of Music, Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana; December 1, 2021 Performance, completed 12/01/2021.
    https://events.tulane.edu/content/concert-piano-se...
  • Piano master class, Concert Piano Series at Dixon Hall at the Newcomb Department of Music, Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana; March 20, 2020. Due to Ovid-19, this event has been rescheduled for fall 2021. Other, scheduled 11/2021.
  • Piano duo recital, Concert Piano Series at Dixon Hall at the Newcomb Department of Music, Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana; March 20, 2020. Due to the covid-19, the concert has been reschedule for fall 2021. Performance, scheduled 11/2021.
    https://events.tulane.edu/content/canceled-keyboar...
  • Piano duo recital, Concert Piano Series at School of Performing Arts, Virginia Tech University; Blacksburg, Virginia; October 8, 2020. The recital was postponed due to Covid-19, and it has been scheduled for 2021 fall. Performance, scheduled 10/10/2021.
  • Piano duo and chamber concert; Celebration of Chinese Culture Week, a joint concert of the School of Music and the U Confucius Institute; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; October 3, 2021 Performance, completed 10/03/2021.
  • Piano master class, Concert Piano Series at School of Performing Arts, Virginia Tech University; Blacksburg, Virginia; October 8, 2020. Due to Covid-19, this event has been postponed to fall 2021. Other, scheduled 10/2021.
  • Director, SummerArts Piano Competition at the School of Music, University of Utah, duties including administration, competition schedules, adjudication, outreach, and winner concerts. Other duties including assignments included hosting guest artists, scheduled performances and masterclasses, and notifying competition information to all competitors. Competition, completed 08/12/2021.
    https://music.utah.edu/community/summer-music/summ...
  • Founder and executive director, Annual Utah International Music Academy at the School of Music, University of Utah, duties including administration, conceptualization, program development, organizing festival presentations and masterclasses as well as outreach, fundraising, developing sponsorships, budgeting, and recordkeeping. Other, completed 08/10/2021.
    https://music.utah.edu/community/international_pia...
  • Guest artist, 2020 Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival in Canada, due to the Covid-19, the festival and concerts have been rescheduled for 2021. Performance, scheduled 07/20/2021.
  • Record the Scriabin Preludes, Op. 11, No.1 - 12. Performance, completed 07/02/2021.
    https://youtu.be/6cDsdPTs4Ds
  • Holiday Faculty Showcase, Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; December 8, 2019 Performance, completed 12/08/2019.
  • Piano Duo and Chamber Concert, “Lu Duo and Friends from the Utah Symphony”, a joint concert of the School of Music and the U Confucius Institute; Program included various Eastern and Western piano duo and ensemble works like Chinese Folk Music Sannong on Plum Blossom, Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, op. 34, op. 14, and Gabriel Fauré’s Piano Quartet, op. 15; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; September 29, 2019 Performance, completed 09/29/2019.
  • Trio Concerts; Gary Merrell, clarinet, Joel Rosenberg, viola, Ning Lu, piano; Presented by the University of Utah School of Music and Festival Concerts; program included Max Bruch’s Trios for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, op. 87, Mozart’s Trio in E-flat Major, K 498, and Beethoven’s Trio No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 11, the “Gassenhauer” Trio; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; September 20 - 21, 2019 Performance, completed 09/21/2019.
  • Director of the SummerArts Piano Competition at the School of Music, University of Utah. The SummerArts Competition offers elementary through college piano students the opportunity to compete for cash awards, scholarships and performance prizes; August 2019 Competition, completed 08/10/2019.
    https://music.utah.edu/community/summer-music/summ...
  • Founder, artist-teacher; presented a lecture on topics including piano techniques, practice techniques, piano performance/practice issues on Baroque music, piano-ensemble classes, and piano mater classes; Utah International Music Academy and Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition at the University of Utah; July 2019. Competition, completed 07/31/2019.
    https://music.utah.edu/community/international_pia...
  • Piano duet performance; 4th annual benefit concert for the Piano Outreach Program “Duet at Dusk” concert; 9682 S Oakwood Ln, Sandy, Utah; June 27, 2019 Performance, completed 06/27/2019.
  • Piano master class; Pleyel Piano Center Concert Hall; Guangzhou, China. Other, completed 05/24/2019.
  • Piano solo performance; Audition of 2019 Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition Opening Ceremony in Guangzhou; Pleyel Piano Center Concert Hall; Guangzhou, China. Performance, completed 05/24/2019.
  • Piano master class; Xinhai Conservatory of Music Piano Department; Guangzhou, China. Other, completed 05/23/2019.
  • Lecture presentation “How to practice effectively”, International Culture Exchange; South China University of Technology School of Arts; Guangzhou, China. Other, completed 05/23/2019.
  • Piano master class; Vivace Music Center; Hong Kong, China; May 19, 2019 Other, completed 05/19/2019.
  • Piano solo performance; Award Ceremony & Concert of Helen Taylor Johannesen Utah International Piano Academy and Festival 2019 (Hong Kong); hosted by the Vivace Music Center; China Congregational Church Concert Hall; Hong Kong, China. Performance, completed 05/18/2019.
  • Master class; Nanjing Normal University Conservatory of Music; Nanjing, China. Other, completed 05/15/2019.
  • Lecture presentation “How to practice effectively”, guest artist series; Nanjing Normal University Conservatory of Music; Nanjing, China. Other, completed 05/14/2019.
  • Piano solo performance, Piano Faculty Showcase in Libby; University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; February 8, 2019 Performance, completed 02/08/2019.
  • Piano chamber recital; Paradigm Trio Concert, Meredith Campbell, violin; Joel Rosenberg, viola; Beethoven’s Ghost trio, op. 70, no. 1; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; January 16, 2019 Performance, completed 01/16/2019.
  • Piano duo concert; Rose Wanger Arts Center; Salt Lake City; November 20, 2018 Performance, completed 11/20/2018.
  • Piano duo recital; presented by the School of Music and Festival Concerts; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; November 19, 2018 Performance, completed 11/09/2018.
  • Faculty and Guest Recital; program including Abram Chasins’ The Blue Danube Waltzes for Two Pianos, Ravel’s La Valse for Two Pianos with Jie Lu, piano, Spring to Yanbian, a Chinese Folk Song for Viola and Piano, Carl Johansen, viola, Theme for Red Sorghum for Violin and Piano, Wenyuan Gu, violin; Concert in partnership with the University of Utah Confucius Institute Chinese Culture Week Celebration; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; September 30, 2018 Performance, completed 09/30/2018.
  • President of Jury; 2018 Music Talent Competition hosted by the Utah Chinese Society; Sandy Library; Sandy, Utah; July 3, 2018 Other, completed 07/03/2018.
  • Piano solo performance; Fundraising concert for U Piano Outreach Program Nocturnes at Dusk in the Glorious Floral Gardens of Pam March; Salt Lake City, Utah; June 28, 2018 Performance, completed 06/28/2018.
  • Piano trio recital; the New Paradigm Trio with Gerald Elias, violin, and Joel Rosenberg, viola; program included Brahms, Piazzolla, Mozart, and Paul Schoenfield; Presented by Gallivan Center “Excellence Concert Series”; Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City downtown, Utah; April 5, 2018 Performance, completed 04/05/2018.
  • Piano solo and chamber recital; home concert at the Beesleys with violinist Frédéric Moreau of French National Philharmonic; program including Bach Violin Concerto in E, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Scriabin Piano Prelude op. 11; Salt Lake City; Utah March 3, 2018 Performance, completed 03/03/2018.
  • Piano master class; Lorne Watson Recital Hall in the School of Music at the Brandon University; Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; February 27, 2018 Other, completed 02/27/2018.
  • Piano duo recital; Pro Series at the Brandon University; School of Music at Brandon University; Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; February 27, 2018 Performance, completed 02/27/2018.
  • Piano chamber concert “The New Paradigm Trio” with Gerald Elias, violin, and Joel Rosenberg, viola; program included Brahms Trio for Violin, Viola and Piano in G minor-based on the string sextet no.2, op. 36, Paul Schoenfield Café Music – Piano Trio with Violin and Viola; The I.J. & Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center Festival Concerts Series; Salt Lake City, Utah; February 3, 2018 Performance, completed 02/03/2018.
  • Piano master classes and presentations; Guang Zhou University College of Dance and Music; Presentation topic Introduce Ravel's La Valse and performance related issues; November 17, 2017 Other, completed 11/17/2017.
  • Piano duo recitals and performance demonstrations at University of Guang Zhou, College of Dance and Music, November 17, 2017 Performance, completed 11/17/2017.
  • Piano master classes and presentations; College of Fine Arts at the Jinan University in Guang Zhou; Presentation topic Introduce Ravel's La Valse and performance related issues; November 15 & 16, 2017 Other, completed 11/15/2017.
  • Piano duo recitals and performance demonstrations at Jinan University in Guang Zhou, College of Fine Arts, Music Department, November 15 & 16, 2017 Performance, completed 11/15/2017.
  • Piano duo recitals and performance demonstrations at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Piano Department, November 11 & 12, 2017 Performance, completed 11/11/2017.
  • Piano master classes; Hosted by the Piano Department of Sichuan Conservatory of Music; November 10 & 11, 2017 Other, completed 11/10/2017.
  • Piano master class; The middle school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing; November 8, 2017 Other, completed 11/08/2017.
  • Piano duo recitals and performance demonstrations; Middle School attached to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing Performance, completed 11/08/2017.
  • Adjudicator; 2017 MTNA National Performance Competition, State Competition; NMTA Piano Performance Competition; University of Nevada, Las Vegas; October 28, 2017 Competition, completed 10/28/2017.
  • Faculty recital; All-Chinese Concert In Celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the University of Utah Confucius Institute; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; September 24, 2017 Performance, completed 09/24/2017.
  • Founder of Utah International Music Academy and Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition at the University of Utah School of Music, artist teacher; presented lecture on topics including piano techniques, practice techniques, piano performance/practice issues on Baroque music, piano-ensemble classes, and piano mater classes; University of Utah, School of Music; July 23 - 29, 2017 Other, completed 07/23/2017.
  • Piano solo and chamber recital; Opening ceremony of the Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition; program included World Premier of Helen Taylor's Piano Preludes, and Davork Piano Quintet, Op. 81; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; July 17, 2017 Performance, completed 07/17/2017.
  • Piano master class hosted by the Steinway & Sons Nanjing Headquarter and Nanjing Normal University Conservatory of Music; Nanjing; May 7 - 9, 2017 Other, completed 05/07/2017.
  • Piano solo and chamber recitals; "Ning Lu Master Class Series" hosted by the Nanjing Steinway & Sons headquarter in Nanjing , China; May 7 - 9, 2017 Performance, completed 05/07/2017.
  • Piano concerto performance with the Paradigm Chamber Orchestra, Bach Concerto for Two Pianos in C Major, BWV 1061; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; April 19 - 20, 2017 Performance, completed 04/19/2017.
  • Piano master class/demonstration: class was prepared for visit of the College of Fine Arts Board and Dean of the CFA; School of Music University of Utah Chamber Hall; April 7, 2017 Other, completed 04/07/2017.
  • Faculty Performance with American West Symphony; a joined performance with Jeffery Price, and Josh Wright on Mozart's Concerto for Three Pianos, K 242; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City; March 25, 2017 Performance, completed 03/27/2017.
  • Piano master class: Music Department of the University of Hawaii at Manoa: Honolulu, Hawaii; January 5, 2017 Other, completed 01/05/2017.
  • Piano master class: Music Department of the Brigham Young University in Hawaii; January 4, 2017 Other, completed 01/04/2017.
  • Piano duo recital; Department of Music Brigham Young University in Hawaii; January 4, 2017 Performance, completed 01/04/2017.
  • Piano performance; Faculty Showcase, Piano Area Holiday Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music Salt Lake City Performance, completed 12/11/2016.
  • Piano chamber recital; a joined recital in partnership with the University of Utah Confucius Institute as part of the Chinese Culture Week September 30 – October 9, 2016; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music Salt Lake City Performance, completed 10/09/2016.
  • Piano master class: School of Music at the Brandon University; Brandon, Canada Other, completed 09/20/2016.
  • Piano Solo and duo recital; The Pro Series opening concert fo 2016 – 2017 session; Lorne Watson Recital Hall, School of Music, Brandon University; Brandon Canada. Performance, completed 09/20/2016.
  • Piano lecture and solo recital; topic on Schubert’s last three sonatas; solo performance of Schubert’s D 960 B-flat major sonata; Piano Performance Class at Utah Valley University Performance, completed 09/06/2016.
  • Piano chamber recital; Opening ceremony of the Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City Performance, completed 07/30/2016.
  • Founder, artist teacher; presented lecture on topics including piano techniques, practice techniques, piano performance/practice issues on Baroque music, piano-ensemble classes, and piano mater classes; Utah International Music Academy and Competition at the University of Utah Other, completed 07/25/2016.
    http://music.utah.edu/community/international_pian...
  • Piano solo recital; The Steinway Hall in Nanjing, China Performance, completed 05/20/2016.
  • Piano master class: Nanjing Normal University, Music Conservatory; Nanjing Other, completed 05/19/2016.
  • Piano master class: The middle School Attached to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing; Beijing, China Other, completed 05/16/2016.
  • Piano master class: The China Conservatory of Music in Beijing; China Other, completed 05/15/2016.
  • Piano solo and chamber recital; The middle School attached to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing; Music Hall Performance, completed 05/15/2016.
  • Piano solo performance; The China Conservatory, College Division; Beijing, China Performance, completed 05/14/2016.
  • Piano concerto performance, with The Paradigm Chamber Orchestra; Bach A major BWV 1055, Faculty Concert in Libby, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City Performance, completed 04/28/2016.
  • Piano master class; Department of Music at the San Antonio; San Antonio, Taxes Other, completed 04/01/2016.
  • Piano duo recital; Department of Music at University of San Antonio; San Antonio, Texas Performance, completed 04/01/2016.
  • Piano concerto accompanying: 2016 Utah State Concerto Winner’s Concert sponsored by the Temple Square Performances and the Utah Music Teachers Association; Assembly Hall on Temple Square; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/12/2016.
  • Chamber performance, with Carl Johansen for the Utah Symphony; Utah Viola Society Recital; Dumke Recital Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/06/2016.
  • Piano duo concert; Waterford School; Sandy Utah Performance, completed 02/24/2016.
  • Piano solo and duo concert; two concerts were played at the American International School of Utah; Murray, Utah Performance, completed 02/24/2016.
  • Piano solo and duo concert; Weilenmann School of Discovery; Park City, Utah Performance, completed 02/10/2016.
  • Piano master class; Dumke Recital, Musical Circle Donor event, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Other, completed 02/09/2016.
  • Piano solo and duet concert; Our Lady Of Lourds Catholic School in Salt Lake City; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 12/17/2015.
  • Piano duet performance: Piano Area Holiday Concert, Sunday @ 7; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 12/13/2015.
  • Piano solo and duet concert; Carl Sandberg Elementary; West Valley, Utah Performance, completed 12/08/2015.
  • Piano master class; The Newcomb Department of Music at the Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana Other, completed 11/17/2015.
  • Piano performance; Utah Music Teacher Association 2015 State Convention “Award Banquet & Concert”; Red Loin Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 11/06/2015.
  • Piano duo recital; Concert Piano Series at The Newcomb Department of Music, Dixon Hall at the Tulane University; New Orleans, Louisiana Performance, completed 11/06/2015.
  • Piano duo recital; 2016 Vancouver Russian Music Festival; Tom Lee Recital Hall; Vancouver, Canada Performance, completed 10/25/2015.
  • Piano quartet and duet concert; program including Schumann’s Piano Quartet Op. 47, and Schubert Fantasy, D 940; Wenyuan Gu, violin; Carl Johansen, viola; Anne Lee, cello; all members from Utah Symphony; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 09/27/2015.
  • Piano duet performance: Lynn Blogett Piano Area Fund-raising Concert, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 09/24/2015.
  • Artistic director of 2015 Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition. I am in charge of audition, scheduling of students' practice time, printing programs and certificates, coordinating with the music office for prizes and honorarium for the judges, and hosting the winner ceremony. Competition, completed 07/29/2015.
  • Faculty Recital, co-sponsored with University of Utah Confucius Institute; L Piano concerto performance in two concerts with American West Symphony; Mozart Piano Concerto K 466 in D minor, No. 20, Romanza, Rondo: Allegro assai; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 05/12/2015.
  • Faculty Recital, co-sponsored with University of Utah Confucius Institute; L Piano concerto performance in two concerts with American West Symphony; Mozart Piano Concerto K 466 in D minor, No. 20, Romanza, Rondo: Allegro assai; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 05/11/2015.
  • Piano concerto performance with American West Symphony; Mozart Piano Concerto K 466 in D minor, No. 20, Romanza, Rondo: Allegro assai; Eastmont Middle School; Sandy, Utah Performance, completed 05/07/2015.
  • Piano duet performance: Gordon Bowen Piano Area Fund-raising Concert, hosted by University of Utah president David Pershing; program including Gabriel Fauré’s The Dolly Suite, opus 56, Berceuse and Le Jardin de Dolly; Walker Mansion, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/23/2015.
  • Piano master class; School of Music, Brandon University; Brandon, Canada Other, completed 04/12/2015.
  • Piano duo recital; program including Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 1, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos, The Moon Mirrored in a Fountain, a transcription from Chinese folk song; The Pro Series & Brandon Chamber Players 2014 – 2015 final concert of the season; Lorne Watson Recital Hall, School of Music, Brandon University; Brandon, Canada Performance, completed 04/11/2015.
  • Piano master class; Department of Music University of Nevada; Las Vegas, Nevada Other, completed 03/23/2015.
  • Piano duo recital; program including Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos; Hosted by the Department of Music University of Nevada, Doc Rando Recital Hall; Las Vegas, Nevada Performance, completed 03/23/2015.
  • Piano solo performance; program including Schubert Sonata D 960, first and third movement, Scriabin Prelude Op. 11, No. 11 & Etude Op. 8 No. 12; piano duet: Fauré Dolly Suite Op. 56, No. 1 and 3; Two concerts were performed for more than 200 students of the Magna Elementary School, Magna, Utah Performance, completed 02/19/2015.
  • Piano solo performance; program including Schubert Sonata D 960, first and third movement, Scriabin Prelude Op. 11, No. 11 & Etude Op. 8 No. 12; Salt Performing Arts Academy International Exchange Student Camp; Dumke Recital Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/13/2015.
  • Piano solo performance; program including Schubert Sonata D 960, first and third movement, Scriabin Prelude Op. 11, No. 11 & Etude Op. 8 No. 12; Two concerts were performed for more than 200 students of the Mountain View Elementary/High School, Murray, Utah Performance, completed 02/04/2015.
  • Piano solo and duet performance, with Jie Lu; program including solo: Poulenc Three Novelettes, Scriabin Prelude Op. 11, No. 11 and Etudé in D sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12; piano duet: Fauré Dolly Suite Op. 56, No. 1 and 3; Guest Artist for Music in Our Schools sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Two concerts were performed for more than 200 students of the Viewmont Elementary School, Murray, Utah Performance, completed 12/16/2014.
  • Piano-duet performance, with Jie Lu; program including Victor Labenske’s arrangement of Angels We Have Heard on High and Tchaikovsky’s Dance of the Sugar Fairy; Piano Area Holiday Concert; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 12/14/2014.
  • Piano and violin chamber recital; program including premier performance of Tianhua Liu’s The Beautiful Night, Buan-nong Lou’s Think of My Motherland, Bei-mao Liu’s Little Ornamented Drum, Yuxi Liu’s North Wind; program also included Edward Elgar’s Salut D’amour, John Williams’s Theme from “Schindler’s List” and Si-cong Ma’s Song of Nostalgia; violinist Yuxi Liu, professor of Beijing Conservatory of Music in China, violinist Wenyuan Gu, Utah Symphony; Faculty Spotlight Concert; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 09/28/2014.
  • Artistic director of 2014 Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition. I am in charge of audition, scheduling of students' practice time, printing programs and certificates, coordinating with the music office for prizes and honorarium for the judges, and hosting the winner ceremony. Competition, completed 07/25/2014.
  • Founder and Director; host the 2014 Utah International Piano Festival and Helen Taylor Johannesen Piano Competition at the University of Utah School of Music; thirty international pianists from China, Korea, and U.S participated the festival; guest artists including Dr. Douglas Humpherys from Eastman School of Music; Prof. Xinning Zhang from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China; Prof. Yihen Liu from Jinnan University in GuangZhou, China; Melody Welch and Deondra Nielsen from the 5 Browns; Salt Lake City, Utah Other, completed 07/25/2014.
  • Piano accompanying; program including Saint-Saéns’ Piano Concerto No.2, op. 22, Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto in G, op. 25, Greig’s Piano Concerto in A, op. 16; International Piano Festival & Competition Student Recital; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 07/22/2014.
  • Piano accompanying; program including Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C, K467, Kabalevsky’s Piano Concerto, No. 3, op. 50; International Piano Festival & Competition Student Recital; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah School of Music; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 07/20/2014.
  • Piano workshop and master-class: presentation on “How to apply the University of Utah, Q & A session”, and taught 10 students; hosted by the piano department at the Music Conservatory of Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing, China Other, completed 06/19/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo recital; program including solo: Schubert Sonata in B-flat major, D 960, Chopin Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and 2; piano duo: Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 1; Sui Yuan Music Hall at the Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing, China Performance, completed 06/18/2014.
  • Piano master-class; hosted by the piano department of Wuhan Conservatory of Music; Master-classroom at the Wuhan Music Conservatory; Wuhan, China Other, completed 06/12/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo recital; program including solo: Schubert Sonata in B-flat Major, D 960; piano duo: Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 1; Guest Artist Concert Series; Bian Zhong Music Hall at the Wuhan Music Conservatory; Wuhan, China Performance, completed 06/11/2014.
  • Piano master-class; hosted by the Music Department of Jinan University in Guang Zhou; taught 8 students of Jinan University; Guang Zhou, China Other, completed 06/09/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo performance; program including solo: Schubert Sonata in B-flat Major, D 960, first movement; piano duo: Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 1, first movement; hosted by the Music Department of Jinan University in Guang Zhou; Concert Hall on the campus of Jinan University; Guang Zhou, China Performance, completed 06/09/2014.
  • Piano master-class, with 6 students from the Middle School attached to the Tian Jing Conservatory of Music; hosted by the professor Wenqi Fong of the piano department at the Tian Jing Conservatory of Music; Tian Jing, China Other, completed 06/08/2014.
  • Piano master-class, with 6 students from the Tian Jing Conservatory of Music; hosted by the Chair of the Piano and professor Wei Lee at the Tian Jing Conservatory of Music; Tian Jing, China Other, completed 06/07/2014.
  • Piano master-class, with 7 students from the Middle School attached to the Central Conservatory of Music; Beijing, China Other, completed 06/06/2014.
  • Piano solo and chamber recital: program including piano solo: Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, First movement; piano duo: Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 1, and piano ensemble: Ignaz Moscheles’s Concertino for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra; Guest Artist Concert Series Ning Lu & His Friends, this concert is a part of the 2nd Alumni Arts Festival at the Middle School attached to the Central Conservatory of Music; Conservatory Concert Hall; Beijing, China Performance, completed 06/05/2014.
  • Piano solo and ensemble performance; program including piano solo: Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1; piano ensemble with all piano faculty members of the School of Music, University of Utah: Andrew Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, arr. Jared Pierce; Grand Centennial Concert at the Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/12/2014.
  • Piano and violin recital, with violinist Frédéric Moreau of French National Philharmonic; program including Gabriel Fauré’s Berceuse, Op. 16, Jules Massenet’s Meditation from Thais, Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane, Niccolo Paganini’s Cantabile, Fritz Kreisler’s Syncopation, Antonio Bazzini’s Dance of Goblins, and Pablo Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy; Guest Artist Recital, Madsen Recital Hall at the Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah Performance, completed 04/12/2014.
  • Piano and violin recital, with violinist Frédéric Moreau of French National Philharmonic; program including Gabriel Fauré’s Berceuse, Op. 16, Jules Massenet’s Meditation from Thais, Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane, Niccolo Paganini’s Cantabile, Fritz Kreisler’s Syncopation, Antonio Bazzini’s Dance of Goblins, and Pablo Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy; In-home concert; hosted by Brent and Bonnie Jean Beesley; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/11/2014.
  • Piano and violin recital, with violinist Frédéric Moreau of the French National Philharmonic; program including Gabriel Fauré’s Berceuse, Op. 16, Jules Massenet’s Meditation from Thais, Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane, Niccolo Paganini’s Cantabile, Fritz Kreisler’s Syncopation, Antonio Bazzini’s Dance of Goblins, and Pablo Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy; Guest Artist Recital, Thompson Chamber Music Hall, University of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/10/2014.
  • Adjudicator; 2014 Piano Festival of Weber State University; Browning Center; Ogden, UT Competition, completed 03/29/2014.
  • Adjudicator; College Division, 2014 Rebecca Marriott Champion Piano Competition; New Science Building Auditorium and School of the Arts, Utah Valley University; Orem, UT Competition, completed 03/22/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo performance; program including piano solo: Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, Third movement and Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and No. 2; piano duet: Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for Piano Four Hands: I. Prelude, II. Rustique, III. Final; Guest Artist for Music in Our Schools sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Two concerts were performed for more than 200 students of the Spruce-wood Elementary, Sandy, Utah Performance, completed 02/27/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo performance; program including piano solo: Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, Third movement and Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and No. 2; piano duet: An English Carol (Tune form Piae Cantiones annon) arr. Arnold B. Sherman; Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for Piano Four Hands: I. Prelude, II. Rustique, III. Final; Guest Artist for Music in Our Schools sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Two concerts were performed for more than 150 students of the McGillis School, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/20/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo performance; program including piano solo: Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, Third movement and Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and No. 2; piano duet: An English Carol (Tune form Piae Cantiones annon) arr. Arnold B. Sherman; Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for Piano Four Hands: I. Prelude, II. Rustique, III. Final; Guest Artist for Music in Our Schools sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Two concerts were performed for more than 200 students of the Copperview Elementary, Midvale, Utah Performance, completed 02/20/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo performance; program including piano solo: Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, Third movement and Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and No. 2; piano duet: Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for Piano Four Hands: I. Prelude, II. Rustique, III. Final; Guest Artist for Music in Our Schools sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Two concerts were performed for more than 200 students of the South Jordan Elementary, South Jordan, Utah Performance, completed 02/18/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo performance; program including piano solo: Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, Third movement, and Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and No. 2; piano duo: Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 1; Faculty Spotlight Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah Performance, completed 01/10/2014.
  • Piano master-class; Hosted by Professor Laura Spitzer; New Mexico State University Music Department; Las Cruces, New Mexico Other, completed 01/03/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo performance; program including piano solo: Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, Third movement, and Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and No. 2; piano duo: Rachmaninoff’s Suite No. 1, and Abram Chasins’ Rush Hour in Hong Kong; Music Center at the New Mexico State University Department of Music; Las Cruces, New Mexico Performance, completed 01/03/2014.
  • Piano solo and duo performance; Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, Third movement; Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and No. 2; An English Carol (Tune form Piae Cantiones annon) arr. Arnold B. Sherman; Francis Poulenc’s Sonata for Piano Four Hands: I. Prelude, II. Rustique, III. Final; Guest Artist for Music in School sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Two concerts were scheduled; Viewmont Elementary School in Murray, UT Performance, completed 12/17/2013.
  • Duo piano performance; An English Carol (Tune form Piae Cantiones annon) arr. Arnold B. Sherman; Piano Area Centennial Christmas Program Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 12/08/2013.
  • Piano solo performance; Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, Third movement; Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and No. 2; Concert is part of A Century of Piano at the U; Steinway Hall; New York City, NY Performance, completed 10/17/2013.
  • Piano solo performance; Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, Third movement; Chopin’s Etudé Op. 25, No. 1 and No. 2; Concert is part of A Century of Piano at the U; home of Jim and Krista Sorenson; Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 10/10/2013.
  • Piano solo, two-piano, and chamber concert; Piano solo of Schubert’s B-flat Major, D 960, First movement; Two-piano (Jie Lu, piano) of Abram Chasins’ Rush Hour in Hong Kong and Rachmaninoff’s Barcarolle from Suite No. 1; Chamber program includes Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BVW 1043(Hsiao Mei Ku, violin, Duke University; Wen Yuan Gu, violin, Utah Symphony); Ma Sicong’s Concerto for Two Violins and Xinjinag Rhapsody; Faculty Spotlight Concert @ 7; Libby Gardner Concert Hall at the School of Music, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 09/29/2013.
  • Concerto performance on first piano; Bach’s Concerto for Three Pianos and Orchestra, BWV 1063; Paradigm Chamber Orchestra; Piano Area Centennial Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall at the School of Music, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 09/21/2013.
  • Piano performance; Schubert Fantasy with Jie Lu; Concert of Celebrate A 100 Years of Piano at the University of Utah; The Garff Range; Park City, UT Performance, completed 08/13/2013.
  • Artistic director of 2013 Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition. I am in charge of audition, scheduling of students' practice time, printing programs and certificates, coordinating with the music office for prizes and honorarium for the judges, and hosting the winner ceremony. Competition, completed 07/19/2013.
  • Artistic Director: 2013 University of Utah International Piano Academy and Competition; 19 students from China and US participated in an one-week long study, this event provided a total of 80 hours of piano private lessons, 13 hours of master classes, two recitals and piano competition; The guest artist including Xinning Zhang from the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, and Antoinette Perry from USC; School of Music University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT; 7/15 - 19, 2013 Competition, completed 07/15/2013.
  • Piano master class: 6 college students from the Music Conservatory of Nanjing Normal University; Nanjing, China Other, completed 05/13/2013.
  • Piano performance and chamber music coaching session: 3 students of the chamber-music class; session including lecturing on rehearsal techniques and musical interpretation on Beethoven Piano Trio, Op. 1, No. 2 in G; The Central Conservatory of Music; Beijing, China Performance, completed 05/08/2013.
  • Piano master class: 5 pre-college students from the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music; The middle school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music; Beijing, China Other, completed 05/07/2013.
  • Adjudicator: 2013 Piano Festival of Weber State University; Browning Center; Ogden, UT Competition, completed 03/30/2013.
  • Adjudicator: College Division, 2013 Rebecca Marriott Champion Piano Competition; New Science Building Auditorium and School of the Arts, Utah Valley University; Orem, UT Competition, completed 03/23/2013.
  • Piano master class: 4 college students; Milne Auditorium, Kepner Hall at School of Music University of Northern Colorado; Greeley, CO Other, completed 03/14/2013.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17, Chopin’s Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b, Chasins’s Rush Hour in Hong Kong for Two Pianos, Twin Moon on the Lake- Chinese folk music transcription for two pianos; Guest Artist Recital; Hensel Phels Theatre, Union Colony Civic Center; Greeley, CO Performance, completed 03/13/2013.
  • Piano master class: 8 college students of the department of music, Cypress Recital Hall at the California State University Northridge; Northridge, CA Other, completed 03/05/2013.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17, Chopin’s Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b, Chasins’s Rush Hour in Hong Kong for Two Pianos, Twin Moon on the Lake- Chinese folk music transcription for two pianos; Guest Artist Recital sponsored by the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication Music Department at California State University Northridge; Cypress Recital Hall; Northridge, CA Performance, completed 03/04/2013.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo performance: Kagan Breitenbach’s White Crane (A world premier of the work); Buddhist Arts Festival sponsored by the Salt Lake Arts Council; Libby Gardner Concert Hall at the School of Music, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 02/17/2013.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Brahms’s Variations on the Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b, Chopin’s Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b, Chasins’s Rush Hour in Hong Kong for Two Pianos, Twin Moon on the Lake- Chinese folk music transcription for two pianos; event sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation “Music in our schools”; two concerts performed at the Midvalley Elementary School; 217 East, 7800 South, Midvale, UT Performance, completed 01/29/2013.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Brahms’s Variations on the Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b, Chopin’s Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b, Chasins’s Rush Hour in Hong Kong for Two Pianos, Twin Moon on the Lake- Chinese folk music transcription for two pianos; event sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation “Music in our schools”; two concerts performed at the Peruvian Park Elementary Auditorium; 1545 East, 8425 South, Sandy, UT Performance, completed 01/24/2013.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Brahms’s Variations on the Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b, Chopin’s Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b, Chasins’s Rush Hour in Hong Kong for Two Pianos, Twin Moon on the Lake- Chinese folk music transcription for two pianos; event sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation “Music in our schools”; two concerts performed at the Nibley Park Elementary Auditorium; 2785 South, 800 East, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 01/24/2013.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital performance: Franz Liszt’s Oh Come All Ye Faithful; Faculty @ 7 “Joy to the World” concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall at the School of Music, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Performance, completed 12/09/2012.
  • Piano master class with four college students of the department of music; Dixon Hall at the Newcomb Department of Music, Tulane University; New Orleans, LA. Other, completed 12/04/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17, Brahms’s Variations on the Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b, Chopin’s Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b; 2012 - 2013 Concert Piano Series; Dixon Hall at the Newcomb Department of Music, Tulane University; New Orleans, LA. Performance, completed 12/03/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Brahms’s Variations on the Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b, Chopin’s Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b, Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17; Faculty @ 7 Spotlight Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall at the School of Music, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Performance, completed 11/04/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17, Brahms’s Variations on the Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b, Chopin’s Rondo in C Major for Two Pianos, Op. 73, Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Suite for two pianos, Op. 165b; Temple Square Performances 2012 – 2013 Concert Series; The Assembly Hall in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT. Performance, completed 10/27/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo performance: Chinese traditional work Moonlight on a Spring; Chinese Moon-cake Festival and Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Performance, completed 09/28/2012.
  • Piano and violin performance with Kelly Parkingson: John Williams’s Tango, Romance; Private fundraising concert for Ben Mcadams running for Salt Lake County Mayor Campaign 2012; Salt Lake City, UT. Performance, completed 09/17/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo performance: Franz Schubert’s Fantasy in F Minor; sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation to thank 2012 host family for the piano competitors; the party is at the home of John and Sarah Pace, Salt Lake City, UT. Performance, completed 08/23/2012.
  • International jury member, 2012 Gina Bachauer Junior and Young Artist International Piano Competition; Rose Wagner Hall, Salt Lake City, UT. June 18 – 30, 2012. Competition, completed 06/2012.
  • Adjudicator, College Division, 2012 Rebecca Marriott Champion Piano Competition; New Science Building Auditorium and School of the Arts, Utah Valley University; Orem, UT. Competition, completed 04/21/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17, Abram Chasins’s Rush Hour in Hong Kong, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos; the Uintah Arts Council; Vernal Middle School Auditorium, Vernal, UT. Performance, completed 04/13/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital featuring chamber works of Chinese music in conjunction with Chinese Culture Week presented by the University of Utah Confucius Institute: Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17, Abram Chasins’s Rush Hour in Hong Kong; Ma Sicong’s Concerto for Two Violins, Zili Liu’s Beautiful Xi Shuang Ban Na, and Zhanghao Ke and Kang Chen’s The Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto; guest violinists Wen Yuan Gu (Utah Symphony) and Claude Helter (Utah Symphony); Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Performance, completed 03/26/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Lu Piano-duo recital: Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17 and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos; Sharp Hall at the School of Music, University of Oklahoma; Norman, Oklahoma. Performance, completed 03/14/2012.
  • Professional colloquy including piano pedagogy students and collaborative piano-class students; topics: duo-piano practice and rehearsal techniques, performance & practice of selections from different musical genres, repertoire selection, concert planning, and preparation for recitals; School of Music, University of Oklahoma; Norman, Oklahoma. Other, completed 03/04/2012.
  • Collaborative piano-violin recital: works of Handel, Sarasate, Kreisler, Debussy, Schubert, and Bazzin; performed with world-class artist Frederic Moreau, 3rd-role violinist with the French National Symphony; home of Brent & Bonnie Jean Beesley; Salt Lake City, Utah. Performance, completed 03/02/2012.
  • Recital is sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation as part of the Music in the Schools concerts of 2011 – 2012: final two movements of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17 and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos; Bryant Middle School, 40 South, 800 East, Salt Lake City, Utah. Performance, completed 02/13/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Piano-duo performance; Waltz from Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17; University of Utah Preparatory Division Faculty Concert; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Performance, completed 01/28/2012.
  • Recital is sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation as part of the Music in the Schools concerts of 2011 – 2012: 1st and 2nd movements of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17 and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos; Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts, 2291 South, 2000 East, Salt Lake City, Utah. Performance, completed 01/12/2012.
  • Ning & Jie Lu piano faculty showcase; program including Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Suite, Op. 17 and Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos; This concert is part of the Faculty @ 7 2011- 2012 Series; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 12/04/2011.
  • Ning & Jie Lu piano concert; it was sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; program including Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Chinese works; This concert is part of Music in the Schools concert of 2011 -2012, and it was presented to over three hundred students of The Reid School, Navigator Pointe Academy, and Entheos Academy; Rose Wagner Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 10/14/2011.
  • Piano master class and lecture presentation; Nevada Piano Summer Camp hosted by the Nevada Arts Academy; 6072 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada Other, completed 06/29/2011.
  • Piano and Flute Collaboration concert with Jean-Michel Tanguy; program included Mozart Sonata in G K 301, Max Reger Burleske, Menuett and Gigue, Albert Roussel Op. 27 and Pan – Tityre – Krishna – Mr. de la Pejaudie, Bohuslav Martinu First Sonata for Flute and Piano, and Francis Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano; Virtuoso Series 2010 – 2011; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 05/19/2011.
  • Ning & Jie Lu piano concert; it was hosted by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; program includes Sonata in D for Two Pianos, K 488 by Mozart, Rondo in C, Op. 73 by Chopin, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b by Brahms, and Porgy and Bess Fantasy by Gershwin/Grainger; It is final concert of the Gina Bachauer International Concert Series 2010 – 2011; Rose Wagner Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/29/2011.
  • Piano duo performance for over two hundred elementary and junior high students; program includes selected music from the Disney movies, Sonata in D by Mozart, and Chinese works; guest artist for the “Music at School” program hosted by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Rose Wagner Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/26/2011.
  • Piano master class; ten students from the piano area of the Department of Music at the California State University at Northridge; Department of Music, Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication; Northridge, California Other, completed 04/22/2011.
  • Guest artist piano duo concert; program includes Sonata in D for Two Pianos, K 488 by Mozart, Rondo in C, Op. 73 by Chopin, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b by Brahms, and Porgy and Bess Fantasy by Gershwin/Grainger; Cypress Recital Hall; Department of Music, Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication; Northridge, California Performance, completed 04/22/2011.
  • Piano master class; four students from the piano area of the Liberty University, Department of Music and Humanities; Liberty University at Lynchburg, Virginia Other, completed 04/07/2011.
  • Guest artist piano duo concert; program includes Sonata in D for Two Pianos, K 488 by Mozart, Rondo in C, Op. 73 by Chopin, Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56b by Brahms, and Porgy and Bess Fantasy by Gershwin/Grainger; Oldham Recital Hall, Department of Music and Humanities, Liberty University; Lynchburg, Virginia Performance, completed 04/07/2011.
  • Piano adjudicator for Rebecca Marriott Champion Competition; Department of Music, Utah Valley University; Orem, UT Competition, completed 03/22/2011.
  • Piano accompanying recital; program includes Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K 488, performed by Tiffany Xu, and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, performed by Helena Ma; First-prize Winner’s Concert of the UMTA Concerto Competition 2011; Assembly Hall in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/16/2011.
  • Piano accompanying; program includes Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K 488, performed by Tiffany Xu (she later won the first prize in Elementary piano Division), and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, performed by Helena Ma (she later won the first prize in High School Piano Division); UMTA Concerto Competition 2011; Baldassin Pianos, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 03/12/2011.
  • Piano duo concert; program includes Moonlight on the Spring (second piano: Jie Lu), All Birds Pay Court to the Phoenix (second piano: guest artist Mark Fouxman), Sannong on Plum Blossom (second piano: Jie Lu), All three works were transcribed by Igor Iachimciue; Chinese Music” concert hosted by the School of Music and Confucius Institute at the University of Utah; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 03/07/2011.
  • Piano duo performance; program includes Moonlight on the Spring (Chinese Folk Tune), transcribed by Igor Iachimciue; Special Guest for “Sounds of Asia” Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 02/04/2011.
  • Piano duo concert; program includes complete Variation on the Theme of Haydn, Op. 56b by Johannes Brahms; Guest Artist for the concert “Day in the Park, Night at the Movies” – The University of Utah Preparatory Division Faculty Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 01/29/2011.
  • Guest speaker; presentation on Musical Activities in Holidays and Festivals; 2010 The First China Tourism Festival Brand Summit: Hainan Island Carnival of China; sponsored by the provincial government of Hainan, Travel Administration Agency of Hainan Province, and Travel Newspaper of China; Hai Kou, Hainan, China Other, completed 12/27/2010.
  • Piano duo concert; program includes the first movement of K.488, sonata for two pianos by Mozart, Moonlight on the Spring a Traditional Chinese Folk Song, and Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos by George Gershwin; Guest Artist Concert as part of the 2010 The First China Tourism Festival Brand Summit; sponsored by the Hainan Musician’s Society and Culture Educational Bureau of Hainan Province; Musical Hall in the City Library; Hai Kou, Hainan, China Performance, completed 12/27/2010.
  • Piano duo concert; program includes complete K.488, sonata for two pianos by Mozart, and Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos by George Gershwin; Guest Artist Concert, sponsored by the Utah Valley University, School of the Arts, Music Department; Orem, Utah Performance, completed 11/08/2010.
  • Piano duo concert; program includes complete K.488, sonata for two pianos by Mozart, and Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos by George Gershwin; Guest Artist Recital Series 2010 – 2011 Season, sponsored by the Brigham Young University, College of Fine Arts and Communications, School of Music; Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center; Brigham Young University, Prove, Utah Performance, completed 11/02/2010.
  • Piano duo concert; program includes complete K.488, sonata for two pianos by Mozart, and Porgy and Bess, Fantasy for Two Pianos by George Gershwin; Sunday @ 7 Spotlight Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 10/24/2010.
  • Piano duo performance; program includes K 488, sonata for two pianos, first movement by Mozart; School of Music Circle Board meeting; Thompson Chamber Hall; Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 10/07/2010.
  • Piano duo performances with Jazz ensemble; program includes Letting Midnight Out On Bail – Jazz Waltz/Blues by Henry Wolking; Shanghai World Expo Music Festival; Green Square inside of the Shanghai World Expo; China Performance, completed 06/04/2010.
  • Piano duo recital; program includes two-piano works of Milhaud, Abram Chasins, Gershwin, and Chopin (Jie Lu/piano); Temple Square Performances; Assembly Hall in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 05/28/2010.
  • Piano duo recital; program includes two-piano works of Milhaud, Abram Chasins, Gershwin, and Chopin (Jie Lu/piano); Guest Artist Concert; Brigham Young University – Hawaii, Aloha Center Ballroom; Laie, Hawaii Performance, completed 05/06/2010.
  • Piano duo performance with Jazz ensemble; program includes Letting Midnight Out On Bail – Jazz Waltz/Blues by Henry Wolking; Spring Concert featuring Jazz Band 1 and Jazz Band 2 presented by the Jazz Studies at the School of Music, University of Utah; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/20/2010.
  • Faculty chamber recital; program includes Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 67 by Dmitri Shostakovich; Donna Fairbanks/violin and Nicole Jackson/cello; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/16/2010.
  • Piano trio recital; program includes Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 67 by Dmitri Shostakovich; Donna Fairbanks/violin and Nicole Jackson/cello; concert is part of Chamber Festival presented by Utah Valley University and The Park City Chamber Music Society; GT 416, Utah Valley University campus, Orem, Utah Performance, completed 04/05/2010.
  • Piano duo and chamber performance; program includes complete movements of Scaramouche, Op. 165b by Milhaud; Rush Hour in Hong Kong and The Blue Danube Waltzes, arranged by Abram Chasins; Porgy and Bess by Gershwin; and Rondo for Two Pianos by Chopin (Jie Lu/piano); Amei Suite by Ma Sicong (Kelly/Violinist); Faculty Spotlight Concert; Libby Gardner Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/28/2010.
  • Piano solo performance; program includes Waltz, Op. 64, No. 2 by Chopin; En Bateau (Blue Wave 1923) by Debussy; Yamada Tone poems I & II (1928) by Kosaku Yamada; a total of six concerts in conjunction with the concert Mystique presented by the Repertory Dance Theatre; Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center; 18 W Broadway in Salt Lake Cit Performance, completed 03/27/2010.
  • Served as piano judicator; 2010 Youth Guild Piano Competition hosted by the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera; Opera Production Studios, 336 North, 400 West, Salt Lake City, Utah Other, completed 02/27/2010.
  • Piano duo performance; program includes Rondo for two pianos, Op. 73 by F. Chopin (Jie Lu/piano); Piano area scholarship concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/27/2010.
  • Piano duo performance; program includes complete movements of Scaramouche, Op. 165b by Milhaud (Jie Lu/piano); Preparatory Division Faculty Concert; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 01/30/2010.
  • Piano duo performance; program includes Rush Hour in Hong Kong and The Blue Danube Waltzes by Abram Chasins; Winter Wonderland Concert; Assembly Hall in Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 12/29/2009.
  • Piano duo concert; program includes Fugue in C, K. 426 by Mozart; Sonata in D, K. 448 by Mozart; Variation on the Theme of Haydn, Op. 56b by Brahms; Scaramouche, Op. 165b by Milhaud; Faculty Spotlight Concert, Libby Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, UT Performance, completed 11/29/2009.
  • Piano duo concert; program includes Sonata in C minor for one piano, four-hands by Francis Poulenc; Lakeview room inside of Library, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah Performance, completed 11/04/2009.
  • Piano/Violin faculty chamber recital; program includes Piano/Violin Sonata by Debussy (Kelly Parkinson/violin); Piano duo of Duettino Concertante: After Mozart for two pianos by Ferruccio Busoni, and Rondo for two pianos, Op. 73 by F. Chopin (Jie Lu/piano); Libby Gardner Concert Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 10/03/2009.
  • Piano/Violin chamber recital; program includes Piano/Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 6 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Shi-Hwa Wang/violin); Allred Theatre in the Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah Performance, completed 09/19/2009.
  • Piano duo recital; program includes Sonata in C minor for one piano, four- hands by Francis Poulenc, and Fantasy in F Minor by Franz Schubert (Jie Lu/Secondo); Recital Hall, Music Department of Jiangsu Education Institute, Nanjing, China Performance, completed 05/14/2009.
  • Piano master class; Conservatory of Music at Nanjing Normal University, China Other, completed 05/13/2009.
  • Piano duo recital; program includes Sonata in C minor for one piano, four- hands by Francis Poulenc, and Fantasy in F Minor by Franz Schubert (Jie Lu/Secondo); Suei Yuang Concert Hall, Conservatory of Music at Nanjing Normal University, China Performance, completed 05/12/2009.
  • Piano Private Lessons; Mannheim Conservatory of Music; Mannheim, Germany Other, completed 04/27/2009.
  • Piano Private Lessons; Frankfurt Conservatory of Music; Frankfurt, Germany Other, completed 04/24/2009.
  • Piano duo and ensemble recital; program includes Fantasy in F Minor by Franz Schubert (Jie Lu/Secondo), Piano/Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 6 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Shi-Hwa Wang/violin); Culture exchange concert – Koncert Wyktadowców “The University of Utah”, Salt Lake City, USA; City Culture Center; Kraców, Poland Performance, completed 04/22/2009.
  • Piano duo and ensemble recital; program includes Fantasy in F Minor by Franz Schubert (Jie Lu/Secondo), Piano/Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 6 by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Shi-Hwa Wang/violin); Joseph Haydn Conservatory (Joseph Haydn Konservatorium des Landes Burgenland); Concert Hall; Eisenstad, Austria Performance, completed 04/20/2009.
  • Piano duo recitals; program includes Sonata in C minor for one piano, four- hands by Francis Poulenc, and Fantasy in F Minor by Franz Schubert (Jie Lu/Secondo); Concert presented by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation “Music in School” program; Silver Mesa Elementary School, Sandy, Utah Performance, completed 04/07/2009.
  • Piano/chamber faculty recital; program includes Sonata in C minor for one piano, four-hands by Francis Poulenc, and Fantasy in F Minor by Franz Schubert (Jie Lu/Secondo); Utah Valley University School of the Arts; Orem, Utah Performance, completed 04/06/2009.
  • Piano/chamber faculty recital; concert given in celebration of Chinese Culture Week hosted by the Confucius Institute at the University of Utah; program includes Sonata in C minor for one piano, four-hands by Francis Poulenc (Jie Lu /Secondo); Violin and piano works: Salut d’amour by Edward Elgar, Dragon Lantern Dance, Spring Dance, and Mountain Song by Ma Sicong, Romance from Concerto No. 2 by Henri Wieniawski, and Dance by Zou Yianping (Wen-yuan Gu, Utah Symphony); Symphonie Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Piano, K. 364 by Mozart (Wen-yuan Gu/violin, Utah Symphony and Carl Johansen/viola, Utah Symphony); Dumke Recital Hall, School of Music, University of Utah Performance, completed 03/30/2009.
  • University of Utah Piano Faculty Scholarship Concert; performed two-piano work The Blue Danube Waltzes by Abram Chasins with Jie Lu; Libby Gardner Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/28/2009.
  • Piano/chamber recital “Ning Lu and Friends”; program includes Brahms’ Theme and Variations of Haydn, Op. 56b, Abram Chasins’ The Blue Danube Waltzes, and Horn Trio Op. 40 (Larry Lowe of BYU and Kelly Parkinson on violin); Madsen Recital Hall, School of Music, Brigham Young University Performance, completed 02/05/2009.
  • Presentation of master class, UMTA Salt Lake Chapter annual meeting; Daynes Music Hall, Sandy, Utah Performance, completed 01/13/2009.
  • Performance of Liszt’s In Dulci Jubilo and Adeste Fiedelis, Faculty concert: Sunday @ 7, “Holiday Favorites”; Libby Concert Hall, School of Music, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 12/14/2008.
  • Piano/chamber music and duo-recital program: Brahms’ Theme and Variations of Haydn, Op. 56b, and Horn Trio Op. 40 (Larry Lowe of BYU and Kelly Parkinson on violin), and Schubert’s Fantasie in F minor, D. 940; Faculty Showcase @ 7, Libby Concert Hall, School of Music, University of Utah Performance, completed 11/23/2008.
  • Co-presentation of lecture and piano performance of “Takemitsu Piano Pieces” with Dr. Jie Lu; Utah State Music Teacher Convention, South Town Exposition Center, Sandy, Utah Other, completed 10/26/2008.
  • Piano/chamber music recital with Shi-Hwa Wang, professor of violin at Weber State University, and violist Joel Rosenberg: selections by Shostakovich, Piazzolla, and Beethoven; Allred Theater, Weber State University, Department of Performing Arts, Ogden, Utah Performance, completed 09/12/2008.
  • Piano-ensemble performance, Sichuan Earthquake Benefit Concert hosted by the Confucius Institute: Mozart sonata for two pianos, Chen Gang sonata for violin and piano, and piano trio; University of Utah School of Music, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 08/30/2008.
  • Attendance and discussion at piano workshop presented with Maurice Hinson: 1) teaching advanced romantic repertoire, and 2) music of Gershwin’s newly discovered preludes; Riverton Music, Salt Lake City, Utah Other, completed 08/08/2008.
  • Piano-ensemble recital with violinist WenYuan Gu (Utah Symphony) and violist Carl Johansen (Utah Symphony): Dragon Lantern Dance, Mountain Song, Madrigal, Lullaby, Dance at Lantern Festival… The Country Club, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 05/21/2008.
  • Piano-ensemble recital with Jie Lu, pianist, and Meng Deng, flutist, to raise donations ($5000) for faculty creative/research creativity projects: music of Schubert, Debussy, Beethoven, and Mozart; home of Brent & Bonnie Jean Beesley, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/25/2008.
  • Piano performance with the University Philharmonia Special Concert: Beethoven’s Concerto No. 5, The Emperor, 2nd movement; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/23/2008.
  • Piano Trio Faculty Recital with violinist/violist Joel Rosenberg and violinist Shi-Hwa Wang: Beethoven’s Arch Duke Piano Trio, Shostakovich’s Suite for Piano and Two Violins, and Piazzolla’s Four Seasons; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/16/2008.
  • Piano/chamber music recital with Joel Rosenberg and Shi-Hwa Wang; home of Joel Rosenberg, Salt Lake City,Utah Performance, completed 04/14/2008.
  • Piano-solo performance: David Kim-Boyle’s Canon, performed under direction of the composer, SEAMUS 2008 National Conference; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/03/2008.
  • Piano solo performance and collaborative concert with Wen-yuan Gu, principal second violinist, Utah Symphony, hosted by the Confucius Institute at the College of Humanities of Asia Center as part of 2008 Chinese Culture Week: Moon Lake, Lofty Mountain and flowing water, Butterfly Lovers, The Spring Snow; Chamber Music Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/24/2008.
  • Collaborative recital with violinist Kelly Parkinson: five songs from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess transcribed by Jascha Heifetz; the home of Carolyn & Howard Edward, Park City, Utah Performance, completed 03/16/2008.
  • Piano performance, University Wind Ensemble, School of Music Annual Gala: Beethoven No. 5 Piano Concerto, second movement; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/07/2008.
  • Piano Solo and duo performance: Gershwin Embraceable You from Girl Crazy, Strike Up the Band, Piano Area Faculty Scholarship Concert, Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/23/2008.
  • Piano master-class lecture; Baldwin Auditorium, Department of Music, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Other, completed 02/21/2008.
  • Duo piano recital with Jie Lu: Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2, Mozart Sonata in D, K. 448, Fugue in c minor, K. 426, Gershwin Embraceable You from Girl Crazy, Strike Up the Band; Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Performance, completed 02/21/2008.
  • Solo piano performance, 2008 Chinese Association for Science and Technology USA Annual Convention, with presenters Fred Esplin, University of Utah vice-president and Erlend D, Peterson, associate international vice president of Brigham Young University: Moon Lake; Little American Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/16/2008.
  • Collaborative performance with Jie Lu as the Ning and Jie Lu Piano Duo: Carnival of the Animals, Salt Lake Symphony, with narrator Roland Steadham and conductor Robert Baldwin; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 01/19/2008.
  • Collaborative performance with violin Hisao-mei Ku, Ma Si Cong Opus-collection Concert: Madrigal, Rondo No. 4 (World premiere); Xinhai Music Hall, Guangzhou, China Performance, completed 12/14/2007.
  • Piano workshop and press conference: Ma Si-cong’s piano works; Museum of Ma Si-cong, Guangzhou Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China Other, completed 12/13/2007.
  • Collaborative concert with violinist Hisao-mei Ku, “A Recital of Music by Ma Sicong,” an all-new program to celebrate release of the second CD; Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah Performance, completed 11/21/2007.
  • Collaborative concert with violinist Hisao-mei Ku, “A Recital of Music by Ma Sicong,” an all new program to celebrate release of the second CD; Nelson Music Room, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Performance, completed 11/11/2007.
  • Collaborative concert with violinist Hisao-mei Ku: 15 pieces of Ma Sicong; Music Hall at the Forest, Duke Resort, Durham, North Carolina Performance, completed 11/09/2007.
  • Collaborative concert with violinist Hisao-mei Ku and flutist Anna Wilson, Mallarme Players Concert Series: music of Chinese and Japanese composers; WG Pearson Elementary School, Durham, North Carolina Performance, completed 11/08/2007.
  • Piano master class and piano/chamber-music concert with violinist Jay Zhong, chair of the strings area of the CSULA music department, violist Hui Liu, who is a faculty member of the CSULA music department and a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra: Brahms’ Horn Trio and Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata, Op. 147; Music Hall, California State University, Los Angeles, California, and College of Arts & Letters, Department of Music, Los Angeles, California Performance, completed 10/19/2007.
  • Piano soloist in collaboration with violinist Hasse Borup, cellist Amy Leung, conductor Robert Baldwin, and the Utah Philharmonia Orchestra: Beethoven’s Triple Concerto; Kent Concert Hall, Utah State University, Logan, Utah Performance, completed 09/30/2007.
  • Piano soloist in collaboration with violinist Hasse Borup, cellist Amy Leung, conductor Robert Baldwin, and the Utah Philharmonia Orchestra: Beethoven’s Triple Concerto; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 09/27/2007.
  • Duo piano performance with Jie Lu, 2007 SummerArts Faculty Concert: Mozart Sonata in D, K. 448; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 08/15/2007.
  • Release of CD “Ma Sicong, Music for Violin and Piano” by NAXOS under the Chinese Classics 8.570600 label; recorded by pianist Ning Lu, professor of music at the University of Utah, and violinist Hsiao-mei Ku, professor of music at Duke University; partially funded by a University of Utah, Fine Arts College, Faculty Research Grant Other, completed 07/01/2007.
  • Piano master-class, individual lesson, piano-ensemble class, and the lecture “A Better Way to Learn New Piano Work,” after reception of second invitation to teach at the Illinois Summer Youth Music (ISYM) Program; Smith Hall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois; June 24 – 30. Performance, completed 06/24/2007.
  • Duo piano recital with Jie Lu, performing as guest artists at the 2007 Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival: Mozart’s Sonata in D major, K 448, Schubert’s Fantasie in F minor, Op. 103, D.940, and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Suite No. 2, Op. 17; Rose Wagner Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 06/20/2007.
  • Piano master classes; Music Conservatory, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China Other, completed 05/22/2007.
  • Duo piano and chamber-music concert with Jie Lu, violinist Hasse Borup, and cellist Amy Leung: Gade’s Violin Sonata, Smetana’s Piano Trio, and Mozart Sonata in D, K. 448; Music Conservatory Concert Hall, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China Performance, completed 05/22/2007.
  • Duo piano and chamber-music concert with pianist Jie Lu, violinist Hasse Borup, and cellist Amy Leung: Gade’s Violin Sonata, Smetana’s Piano Trio, and Mozart Sonata in D, K. 448; Music Concert Hall, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China Performance, completed 05/19/2007.
  • Piano master classes; Central Conservatory of Music School of Music, Beijing, China Other, completed 05/18/2007.
  • Piano ensemble concerto, Faculty Chamber Music Concert Series: Gade’s Violin Sonata and Smetana’s Piano Trio; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/01/2007.
  • Collaborative recital with Michael Mulcahy, second principle trombone of the Chicago Symphony: five of Mahler’s songs; Dumke Recital Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/13/2007.
  • Duo piano performance with Jie Lu, Faculty Chamber Music Concert Series: Mozart’s Sonata K 448; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/04/2007.
  • Lecture on piano music, and piano demonstration illustrating lecture with pianist Jie Lu: Music-in-the-School program sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Beacon Heights Elementary School, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/26/2007.
  • Solo piano and ensemble-music performance, Piano Faculty Scholarship Day Concert: Chopin Etude Op. 25, No. 2 and Chasins Rush Hour In Hong Kong; Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/24/2007.
  • Solo piano performance, UMTA Salt Lake Chapter Meeting: works of Toru Takemitsu; Daynes Music, Murray, Utah Performance, completed 01/09/2007.
  • Collaborative recital with associate violin professor Hsiao-Mei Ku: Ma Sicong complete violin and piano works from 1935 - 1952; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 11/22/2006.
  • Collaborative recital with violinist Hsiao-Mei Ku: “Remembering and Honoring Ma Si-Cong (1912 – 1987), A Contemporary Chinese Composer”; Nelson Music Room, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Performance, completed 10/22/2006.
  • Collaborative recital with violinist Hsiao-Mei Ku, associate professor of violin at Duke University, Music at the Meadows Concert Series; Carolina Meadows Auditorium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Performance, completed 10/21/2006.
  • Lecture “Artists in Conversation”; Franklin Center, Duke University Center for International Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Other, completed 10/20/2006.
  • Master class in piano performance; Baldwin Auditorium, Department of Music, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Other, completed 10/20/2006.
  • Master class in piano performance; Department of Music, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas Other, completed 10/11/2006.
  • Solo piano recital: Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 and Schubert Piano Sonata in B-flat major; Department of Music, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas Performance, completed 10/10/2006.
  • Opening-concert piano performance, Valley Symphony Orchestra & Chorale conducted by Dr. Peter Dabrowski: Mozart Piano Concerto K. 467; Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Texas, Pan American, McAllen, Texas Performance, completed 10/05/2006.
  • One-hour radio appearance featuring analyses of Mozart piano concertos and other subjects related to classical music; KURV 710, McAllen, Texas Other, completed 10/03/2006.
  • Master class presented to students of professor Morley Grossman, piano faculty member, University of Texas; Valley Keyboard Recital Hall, Pan American, McAllen, Texas Performance, completed 10/03/2006.
  • Solo piano performance, Music Circle Board Meeting: Schubert’s Sonata in B-flat Major; Chamber Hall, School of Music, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 09/19/2006.
  • Solo piano recital: sonatas of Schubert and Chopin; Smith Memorial Hall, School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois Performance, completed 09/05/2006.
  • Solo piano-faculty recital: Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 and Schubert Piano Sonata in B-flat major; Dumke Recital Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 08/20/2006.
  • Lecture “How to become a better pianist,” featured on the ISYM Program; Memorial Room 220, School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois Other, completed 06/28/2006.
  • Solo piano performance, ISYM Faculty Concert: Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 and Schubert Piano Sonata in B-flat major; Smith Memorial Hall, School of Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois Performance, completed 06/26/2006.
  • Guest faculty member, 2006 Illinois Summer Youth Music, University of Illinois Piano Camp and Festival; University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Champaign, Illinois; 06/25 - 07/01, 2006 Other, completed 06/25/2006.
  • Piano soloist with the Mozart Festival Orchestra: Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 466; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 04/02/2006.
  • Performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto K466, 2nd & 3rd movements, Honors Piano Convocation; Thompson Chamber Music Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/30/2006.
  • Collaborative faculty recital with Prof. Danwen Jiang, Arizona State University: Beethoven Piano Trio Op. 1, No. 1, Brahms Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 78, and Ravel Tzigane; Libby Gardner Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/10/2006.
  • Duo piano performance, with Jie Lu, of Darius Milhaud’s Scaramouche, faculty piano recital “All Spanish Music”; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/25/2006.
  • Collaborative performance with violinist Wen-yuan Gu, principal second violin of the Utah Symphony Orchestra, at the VIVACE Concert hosted by the Utah Symphony: Yu Xi Liu’s The Lights Festival and William Kroll’s Banjo and a Fiddle; Abravanel Hall Lobby, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/16/2006.
  • Jury member, 2006 Gina Bachauer International Artist Piano Competition Preliminary Round; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Competition, completed 02/15/2006.
  • Master-class performance and presentation “How to improve your practice”; Academy of Music and Arts of Las Vegas, 5300 W, Spring Mt. Rd, Las Vegas, Nevada Performance, completed 01/23/2006.
  • Solo piano recital―Brahms’s piano works: Rhapsody Op. 79, No. 1 and 2, Complete Suite Op. 118, and Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6―and a 5- student master class celebrating the grand opening of the Piano Gallery of America; Piano Gallery of America, 4245 S, Grand Canyon Dr., Las Vegas, Nevada Performance, completed 01/22/2006.
  • Guest-artist piano performance, World Trade Association Utah Office Gala, with speaker Utah State Governor Jon Huntsman Jr: Butterfly Lover; Little America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 11/10/2005.
  • Solo piano recital, and piano-ensemble performance with Wen yuan Gu, associate principle 2nd violin of the Utah Symphony: Brahms Suite Op.118, and Butterfly Lover; Libby Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 09/13/2005.
  • Solo piano performance, Piano Faculty-Scholarship Recital: Scriabin’s Etude, Op. 12, No. 8, and Glinka’ Nocturne in E-flat; Libby Gardner Hall, University Of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/26/2005.
  • Piano soloist with the University of Utah Wind Symphony directed by Dr. Robert Walzel: Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.2, Op. 102; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 11/14/2004.
  • Solo piano performance, Faculty Convocation: Chinese contemporary work Moonlit Lake; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 11/11/2004.
  • Soloist with the University of Utah Philharmonic Orchestra, Special Concert: Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 102, 2nd movement; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 05/01/2004.
  • Piano performance, piano faculty recital “All Russian Music”: Glinka Nocturne and Scriabin Etude Op. 8, No. 12; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/12/2004.
  • Piano performance, School of Music’s Annual Gala Concert: Copland’s Appalachian Spring; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 11/07/2003.
  • Piano master class and recital; Nanjing Normal University, Conservatory of Music, Nanjing, China Performance, completed 10/06/2003.
  • Piano recital and master-class; Piano Teaching Institute of Wushi, Wushi, China Performance, completed 10/05/2003.
  • Collaborative recital with clarinetist Dr. Robert Walzel, Shanghai International Clarinet Festival; He Luting Concert Hall, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China Performance, completed 10/03/2003.
  • Collaborative recital with clarinetist Dr. Robert Walzel; Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Tokyo, Japan Performance, completed 09/28/2003.
  • Collaborative recital with clarinetist Dr. Robert Walzel; Dumke Recital Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 09/21/2003.
  • Solo piano recital, UMTA Monthly Meeting; Steinway Hall, Daynes Music, Murray, Utah Performance, completed 09/09/2003.
  • Master class, Gina Bachauer Music Festival; Daynes Music, Murray, Utah Other, completed 06/14/2003.
  • Solo piano recital, Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation; Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 06/12/2003.
  • Solo Piano Performance, Faculty Recital, Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah Performance, completed 04/26/2003.
  • Piano performance, Scholarship Concert: Bach’s Concerto for Four Harpsichords; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/27/2003.
  • Solo piano performance, in concert with the American Piano Quartet; Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Salt lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/05/2003.
  • Piano performance and lecture for the “Music in our the Schools – spring 2003” program sponsored by the Gina Bachauer International Foundation: the piano music of Claude Debussy; South Jordan, Utah Performance, completed 02/19/2003.
  • Piano performance, University of Utah Philharmonic Orchestra, Gala Concert: Carnival of the Animals; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 11/02/2002.
  • Solo piano performance, Faculty Convocation: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 09/05/2002.
  • Guest teacher, piano master classes, Utah Suzuki Piano Institute; Murray, Utah, and Salt Lake City, Utah Other, completed 07/08/2002.
  • Solo piano recital, piano master classes, and lecture “Study in America”; Conservatory of Music, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China Performance, completed 05/2002.
  • Solo piano performance, piano-faculty recital “Music of Keyboard Immortals”: Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/2002.
  • Solo piano recital, Winter Olympic Games celebration program, played on the world-famous Alma-Tadema Steinway Piano, Vladimir Horowitz’s Piano, Van Cliburn’s Piano, George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue Steinway’ Piano, and the 500,000th grand piano made by Steinway & Sons, which became ‘The Olympic Steinway’ piano: Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 111; Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/18/2002.
  • Solo piano performance, Temple Square Concert Series “Cultural Olympics 2002”: Debussy’s Feux d’Artifice; Assembly Hall, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/09/2002.
  • Solo piano performance, 2002 Chinese New Year and Winter Olympics Celebration Concert: Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6; Libby Gardner Concert Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/02/2002.
  • Piano performance, 2002 Winter Olympics & Chinese New Year Celebration Concert; Ballroom, Olpin Union Building, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 02/01/2002.
  • Duo piano performance with Jie Lu, Thanksgiving Celebration Concert: three Chinese Folk Songs; The Chinese Christian Church, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 11/2001.
  • Solo piano performance and lecture as invited concert artist, for the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation “Music in our the Schools – fall 2001” program: Beethoven’s life and music; Draper, Utah Performance, completed 11/2001.
  • Solo piano performance, piano master classes, and lecture “Piano Study and International Piano Competitions in the United States of America”; Central Conservatory of Music, Fine Arts College of Chinese Army, Beijing, China, and Conservatory of Music of Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China Performance, completed 05/2001.
  • Collaborative performance with CanyonLands New Music Ensemble and members of the Utah Symphony Orchestra: Gunther Schuller’s piano quartet Sonata Serenata; Libby Gardner Concert Hall Performance, completed 11/2000.
  • Lecture “Music Training in China,” SummerArts Piano Competition; Salt Lake City, Utah Other, completed 09/2000.
  • Solo piano recital as invited guest pianist, Colorado International Music Festival; Boulder, Colorado Performance, completed 04/1999.
  • Solo piano recital, Winner’s Recital; Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York Performance, completed 10/19/1996.
  • Concert appearances as part of SummerArts Piano Festival; England, Scotland, and Switzerland Performance, completed 07/1995.
  • Piano performance as part of SummerArts Performance Tour, Lake Konstanz International Music Festival: Germany Performance, completed 07/1993.
  • Concert appearances as part of SummerArts Performance Tour; Rosenau Concert Hall and Heidelberg Castle in Germany, Jerusalem Center in Israel, and Assembly Hall at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A Performance, completed 06/1993.
  • Master classes and performance demonstrations with Leon Kirchner; Gardner Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Performance, completed 03/1993.
  • Master class and performance demonstration with Ann Schein; Aspen Summer Music Camp, Aspen, Colorado Other, completed 08/1991.
  • Guest piano soloist with the Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale conducted by Don Th. Jaeger: Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5, Op.73; Midland, Texas Performance, completed 04/1991.

Presentations

  • presented lecture on topics including piano techniques, practice techniques, piano performance/practice issues on Baroque music, piano-ensemble classes, and piano mater classes; Utah International Music Academy and Helen Taylor Johannesen International Piano Competition at the University of Utah;. Presentation, Presented, 08/11/2023.
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  • Invited guest speaker for the annual meeting of Collaborative Pianists Guild of Utah, via Zoom, March 12, 2021. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/12/2021.
  • Webinar lecture presentation “Challenges and important expects in piano-four-hands, teaching and performing”, co-host with Professor Jie Lu, guest speaker for US Music Certification Center in China, presented by the Music Teachers National Association of America (MTNA). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/14/2020.
  • Webinar lecture presentation “Tone Production at the Piano”, guest speaker for US Music Certification Center in China, presented by the Music Teachers National Association of America (MTNA). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/14/2020.
  • Musical activities in holidays and festivals:discussion on major international music festivals and musical events in major holidays to seek opportunity in creating better musical environment in Hainan, China. In early 2010, Hainan was named "international tourist island" by the central government, and it became a major national development project in China. My speech was given at the 2010 The First China Tourism Festival Brand Summit. It was one of seven main presentations, the summit was hosted by the government of Hainan Province in China. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/27/2010.

Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts

  • Recording Project. PI: Ning Lu. University of Utah Teaching Grant, 11/01/2007 - present. Total project budget to date: $5,050.00

Copyrights

  • Ma Sicong, Music for Violin and Piano Vol. 2. Naxos Rights International, 2010. NAXOS 8.570605.
  • Ma Sicoing, Music for Violin and Piano Vio. 1. Naxos Rights International, 2007. NAXOS 8.570600.

Languages

  • Achinese, fluent.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Austria
  • China
  • Germany
  • Poland

Publications

  • Russian Music for Viola and Piano, Sonatas of Rachmaninoff and Glinka. Published, 04/08/2011.
  • The Chinese composer and violinist Ma Sicong was born in Haifeng in Guangdong (Canton) province in 1912, and was among the relatively few Chinese musicians of his generation to study abroad. He settled in America in 1967. The music on this disc embraces contrasting moods, each imbued with Ma Sicong’s abiding love for his homeland and combining Chinese inspiration with Western musical techniques. Shortly after composing the Rondo No. 4 he wrote this heartbreaking entry in his diary: ‘When can I end my exile? Nobody knows.’. Published, 03/2010.
  • Ma Sicong is remembered today as a leading violinist, composer and teacher who devoted his life to creating a new national identity for Chinese music. He pioneered the use of folk idioms, often adopting fragments or motifs from folk tunes and crafting them into his own musical writing. His vast output includes symphonies, concertos, chamber music, operas and ballet music as well as various forms of vocal music. Of this extensive output, Ma’s violin music is widely regarded as one of his most important contributions. This is the first release in the Naxos Chinese Classics series. CD 8.570600. Published, 07/2007.