Participant of contest 2023

Khanh Nhi Luong

Khanh Nhi Luong

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

Nhi is the prize winner of the Yong Siew Toh Concerto Competition (2017), Lee University International Piano Competition (2021), MTNA National Piano Competition (2023), and recently the University of Michigan School of Music Concerto Competition (2023), which gained her a concert engagement with the University Symphony Orchestra in the Fall 2023 season.

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