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Pupils of Note |
Thomas Hecht takes great pride in his pupils - their spirit, drive, potential and well earned achievements.
This page will feature notable pupils and their recent news. |
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Singapore
1st Ars Nova International Piano Competition of Singapore 1st Prize: Zheng Qingshu (China) 1st Prize: YST Piano Concerto Competition 2013 Grand Prize Winner: Conservatory Concerto Competition 2013 Wang Qiying (China, pictured*) 2nd Prize: Liu Xiaoya (China) & Huo Chuanle (China) 3rd prize: Daniel Tang Le (Australia) 2012 FJ Benjamin –SSO Bursary Award Abigail Sin, Winner Orchestra of the Music Makers: All American Concert Esplanade Concert Hall Clarence Lee (Singapore), soloist: Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” Inaugural Gala Concert: “The Asian Pianist” Series Singapore Conference Hall Abigail Sin (Singapore), solo piano recital Kid’s Philharmonic Concert Wong Kah Chung, conductor Abigail Sin (Singapore), soloist: Chopin’s Concerto No. 2 in F Minor 2013 YST International Summer Piano Institute: Alumni Concert Tarin Supprakorn (Thailand) Featured Recitalist (BMus 2010) Symphony 92.4 Young Talent’s Competition Mervyn Lee, grand finalist (with televised concert on Okto Channel) Japan Admitted to the 8th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition Clarence Lee (Singapore) Republic of Artsakh Artsakh State Chamber Orchestra, Gevorg Muradyan, conductor Clarence Lee, soloist: Beethoven Concerto No. 5 In E Flat Major (“Emperor”), Op. 73 |
Wang Qiying
Feature - Wang Qiying Student News
Keeping track of former pupils is not always so easy, but it would be great to hear from you.
Please send your news for this page and do keep in touch! |
Feature - Concert
Ge Xiao Zhe, piano soloist Grand Prize Winner 2012 YST Concerto Competition (Singapore Symphony Orchestra Debut) 
On Ge Xiao Zhe's win at the Concerto Competition.... 
Ge Xiaozhe & Zheng Qingshu
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Feature - Tarin Supprakorn (Thailand)
1st prize, Piano Concerto Competition, Eastman School of Music
Teaching Assistant to Professor Nelita True
YST Alumnus Tarin Supprakorn is currently completing DMA studies at Eastman. A winning performance of the Clara Schumann Piano Concerto lead to his critically acclaimed US Debut with the Rochester Philharmonic and earned him a standing ovation from the full capacity audience at Eastman’s historic Kodak Theatre. The Democart & Chronicle wrote:“Supprakorn is a young virtuoso who coolly tamed its fierce technical demands…Supprakorn delivered lyricism and flamboyance while letting Schumann’s distinctive voice speak for itself.” He has served as graduate assistant in accompanying and was recently appointed Teaching Assistant to Professor Nelita True, one of the world’s leading piano pedagogues.
1st prize, Piano Concerto Competition, Eastman School of Music
Teaching Assistant to Professor Nelita True
YST Alumnus Tarin Supprakorn is currently completing DMA studies at Eastman. A winning performance of the Clara Schumann Piano Concerto lead to his critically acclaimed US Debut with the Rochester Philharmonic and earned him a standing ovation from the full capacity audience at Eastman’s historic Kodak Theatre. The Democart & Chronicle wrote:“Supprakorn is a young virtuoso who coolly tamed its fierce technical demands…Supprakorn delivered lyricism and flamboyance while letting Schumann’s distinctive voice speak for itself.” He has served as graduate assistant in accompanying and was recently appointed Teaching Assistant to Professor Nelita True, one of the world’s leading piano pedagogues.
Feature - Abigail Sin
Young Steinway Artist Internationally acclaimed Singaporean pianist Abigail Sin has appeared in concert halls across the globe, including Wigmore Hall, Salle Cortot and various venues in the USA, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine, Romania, Hong Kong and South-East Asia. She has performed with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Festival Orchestra, Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra, Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra, Dnepropetrovsk Phiharmonic Orchestra, Kaunas Symphony Orchestra and the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra. Abigail’s performances have been recorded and broadcast over national television and radio stations in Romania, Hong Kong, USA and Singapore. Abigail has appeared in prestigious music festivals worldwide, including two residencies at the Verbier and Bowdoin Academies, and has performed in master classes for such eminent artists as Leon Fleisher, Manahem Pressler, DmitryBashkirov, Claude Frank, Earl Wild, Stephen Hough, Emmanuel Ax, Dmitry Alexeev, Gabor Takacs and Dominique Merlet. Abigail has won more top prizes in international competitions than any other pianist from her country. Among these are 1st prizes at the Vladimir Viardo (USA), Virginia Waring (USA), Ibiza (Spain) and Individualis (Ukraine) Competitions as well as 2nd prizes in the Krainev (Ukraine) and Schimmel (USA) and ASEAN Chopin competitions. A National Arts Council scholar, Abigail was admitted as the National University of Singapore’s youngest student ever (age 14). She subsequently completed her BMus with 1st Class Honours and was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Gold Medal as the top student of her cohort. |
Pupils Placed in
Recent Summer Festivals Canada Banff International Piano Festival Abigail Sin Republic of Artsakh Tnje International Festival of Young Musicians Clarence Lee Switzerland Verbier Festival Academy Abigail Sin Canada Banff International Piano Festival Mi Ou Lee Abigail was later earned a Masters degree with distinction from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where she was awarded the Ivan Sutton Chamber Music Award. She is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Piano Performance back at YST, where she has since resumed her studies with Professor Hecht.
In 2009 she was named South East Asia's first Young Steinway Artist. |