2021 Sakura at Home: Ken Hsieh & Rachel Wang Piano Performance

Special Performance from Ken Hsieh & Rachel Wang for Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival's fundraising event, Sakura at Home, presented by McMillan LLP.

More details: https://www.vcbf.ca/community-event/sakura-at-home

Filmed and Produced by: Cakewalk Media

Ken Hsieh, music director and conductor of the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra enjoys performing on piano and percussion when the opportunity arises. After a life-changing experience with a hand injury that turned his career into conducting, he still maintains playing the piano for leisure with friends. His teachers and mentors have included: Lee Kum-Sing, Henri-Paul Sicsic, Henri Brassard, and Stephane Lemelin. He has performed as a solo pianist conducting from the piano with the Vancouver symphony orchestra, and as a piano soloist with the Vancouver metropolitan orchestra, New West symphony orchestra, and surrey youth orchestra.

Rachel Wang is seven years old and is from Vancouver. She has been playing piano since she was two and a half years old. Rachel studies under Professor K.K. sum. She immensely enjoys playing for audiences and has participated in many local and international piano competitions. She achieved 1st place in the 2019 Frank Liszt International Youth Piano Competition. She is also the youngest pianist ever to have entered the final round of the 28th world music competition. She has competed with older pianists, even competing with pianists from the age group of seventeen. She has achieved a lot of awards with her talent and hard work. Rachel hopes to be an accomplished concert pianist.

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