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

Sophia Liu was born in Shanghai China, moved to Japan at the age of 2. She started learning piano at age 4.

 

Her first public performance on the stage was at age 5, won the Gold Award of Kobe City Piano Competition and Government’s Education Committee Award; won the Grand Prize of category up 12y in Piano Competition of Chinese Composition in Hangzhou China.

 

Sophia moved to Montreal at age 7. Shortly after she won the Second Prize of category up 10y in Canada Music Competition.

 

At age 8 she won the First Prize of category up 10y in Concerto Competition of McGill University and a full scholarship of McGill Conservatory. She performed with the symphony orchestra to play Beethoven fifth piano concerto and had a great success.

 

At age 9 she won the First Prize of category up 12y and Third Prize of category 13-17y in Chopin International Piano Competition Hartford,CT. She performed twice at Carnegie Hall in New York City. She won the gold medal at the Quebec Music Festival in Canada.

 

Start with the current teacher:

Mr. Dang Thai Son(private)

Professor of McGill Sara Laimon(Conservatory)

Mr. Zhengyu Chen

Ms. Tina Kakabadze

Ms. Motoko Takeuchi

Ms. Xiaoling Wen

 

2015.4~2015.7  Kobe Chinese Tongwen School (Japan)

2016.1~              MISS EDGAR’S AND MISS CRAMP’S SCHOOL

2016.9~             McGill Conservatory