Hendry Wijaya

Hendry Wijaya (born 1974) is an Indonesian-American classical pianist and academic (piano teacher).

Hendry Wijaya
Born(1974-Missing required parameter 1=month!-00)Missing required parameter 1=month! , 1974
Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Alma materManhattan School of Music
Occupation
Parent(s)
  • Elly Lim (mother)
Musical career
Genresclassical music
Instrumentspiano
Years active1996–present
Associated actsWestminster Choir College

He was born in Medan, Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra. At age 2, he began his studies with his Chinese Indonesian mother, Elly Lim. In 1991, he received a full scholarship to study at Boston Conservatory. The following year, as the recipient of the Dora Zaslavsky Koch Piano Scholarship, he was invited to study with Constance Keene, at Manhattan School of Music, where he earned Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees.[1]

In 1996 he won Artists International’s “Young Artist Piano Award” and made his critically acclaimed New York Recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. He has since performed in many major concert halls, including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Steinway Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Wheeler Opera House, Harris Concert Hall, and the Jakarta Performing Arts Center.[2]

He is on the Piano Faculty of the Westminster Conservatory of Music in Princeton, New Jersey and the Advisor for the E.L.M.S. Conservatory in Jakarta. He is a past president of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association[3] and the President-Elect of the New York State Music Teachers Association.[4] He is also the Music Director of the Watchung Presbyterian Church in Bloomfield, New Jersey and is the author of an advice column for Staccato, the only monthly music education magazine in Indonesia.

He currently resides in New York and Jakarta.[5]

References
  1. Staccato Magazine, June 2003 DR Hendry Wijaya: Ibu Sumber Motivasi dan Inspirasi Saya
  2. Hendry Wijaya | Rider University
  3. New Jersey Music Teachers Association - Our History
  4. Officers - NYSMTA
  5. Dr. Hendry Wijaya, Pianist and Teacher
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