XXIX International Chopin Festival
"Lato z Chopinem"
named after Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
Busko-Zdrój, July  17-21, 2024  

Katherine E. Liu, 13, is a 7th grader living in Wellesley, MA. She started her musical journey at age three with her mother Dr. Huang, a music educator. Only a year later, Katherine performed publicly at Boston's Steinway Hall. She has taken top honors in numerous piano competitions – Grand Prix at the Chopin International Piano Competition in Connecticut, The Soloists of New England Competition, the Concord Youth Artist Concerto Competition, the American Protégé Competition, the Steinway Society Piano Competition and the Bay State Piano Competition. Katherine had her Carnegie Hall debut in 2015 and has performed in the Cartoon Festival at Boston Symphony Hall several times. She has been featured on WCRB 99.5 with host Cathy Fuller, and in February of 2016, she made her first appearance on NPR's From the Top with host Christopher O'Riley at Jordan Hall. Throughout the past year she participated in several YouTube video productions by the popular NPR program, From the Top, including the big hit “Star Wars Mashup” (as Princess Leia) and “Fantastic Musicians and Where to Find Them”. Katherine was invited to present her music at the Story Gathering Conference in Nashville, TN, Imagine Solutions Conference in Naples, FL and the E.G. Conference in Carmel, CA. Hailed by the press, “Katherine Liu, blows us away with her piano prowess & admirable aspirations...” Recently, Katherine won the River Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and performed with the RSO at the Jordan Hall.

 

Katherine has played in master classes with Victor Rosenbaum, Max Levinson, Krystian Tkaczwski, and Wha Kyung Byun. Currently she studies at Rivers School with Mr Rivera and Ms. Shi. In her free time, she loves to read, swim, dance and explore the art of mathematics.