Taiwanese pianist Hu Ching-yun will present Rachmaninoff’s “Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39,” “Vocalise,” “Scherzo in D Minor,” “Piano Sonata No. 2” on April 1.

    Hu is the winner of the 2008 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition and the 2012 Golden Melody Award for Best Classical Album.

    In 1996, Hu moved to the United States to attend The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division. She attended the Aspen Music Festival the following year and won the Aspen Concerto Competition, performing Prokofiev’s “Concerto No. 3” with the Aspen Concert Orchestra. The same season, she won the Philadelphia Orchestra Greenfield Competition, which resulted in her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra, where she performed Grieg’s “Piano Concerto.” She debuted in Europe in 1999 at the Chopin International Music Festival in Poland and gave a recital at the Kleine Zaal of Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in 2000. She made her recital debut at Alice Tully Hall in the Lincoln Center in 2007.

    Following the Rubinstein Competition, Hu won the 2009 Concert Artists Guild International Competition in New York, and signed a contract under CAG Artist Management. In the following seasons, she performed in many prestigious concert series in the United States and Europe.

    Throughout her career, Hu has been supported by the Puffin Foundation in United States, Solti Foundation in Belgium and Hattori Foundation in London.

    Enthusiastic about promoting Taiwanese musicians and helping young artists, Hu founded the Yun-Hsiang Foundation and Yun-Hsiang International Music Festival in 2011.

    The festival hosts 16 master classes by the festival artists, the Yun-Hsiang Concerto Competition and four concerts of solo and concerto programs in Taipei. The festival’s goal is to promote classical music in Taiwan and help bridge a connection between world-class musicians and young talents in Taiwan, by giving young artists opportunities to study and perform alongside great masters.

    Time: 8 p.m., April 1

    Tickets: 80-480 yuan

    Booking: 400-185-8666

    Venue: Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center, 2106 Nanshan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区南山大道2106号南山文体中心)

    Metro: Line 1, Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit B(SD News)