Hendry Wijaya (born 1974) is an

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classical pianist and academic (piano teacher). He was born in Medan, Indonesia, on the island of

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. At age 2, he began his studies with his

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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

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, at

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, where he earned Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. In 1996 he won Artists International’s “Young Artist Piano Award” and made his critically acclaimed

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Recital debut at

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. He has since performed in many major concert halls, including

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, Steinway Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Wheeler Opera House, Bösendorfer Saal in Vienna, and the

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Performing Arts Center. He is Head of the Piano Department at 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 and the President of the New York State Music Teachers Association. In 2019 he received the

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Foundation Fellow Award for his significant contribution to the teaching profession and the world of music. He is also the author of an advice column for Staccato, the only monthly music education magazine in Indonesia. He currently resides in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wijaya, Hendry Living people 1974 births Indonesian classical pianists 21st-century classical pianists Indonesian academics Westminster Choir College faculty Manhattan School of Music alumni American musicians of Indonesian descent American people of Chinese-Indonesian descent Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian expatriates in the United States People from Medan