Grace Fong, D.M.A., is the American Director of Keyboard Studies at

Chapman University Chapman University is a private research university in Orange, California. It encompasses ten schools and colleges, including Fowler School of Engineering, Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Fowler School of Law, and Schmid College of Sci ...

Conservatory of Music and has an active solo and chamber music career. She also performs as part of the Selvaggi Trio. Fong grew up in

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. Her parents are immigrants from

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

. During the course of her undergraduate studies at the

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, Fong completed a double major and minor; she was awarded the Renaissance Scholar Prize, and was named "The

USC Thornton School of Music The USC Thornton School of Music is a private music school in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1884 only four years after the University of Southern California, the Thornton School is the oldest continually operating arts institution in Los An ...

Keyboard Department’s — Most Outstanding Student B.M." Fong is a graduate of the

Cleveland Institute of Music The Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) is a private music conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1920 by Ernest Bloch, it enrolls 325 students in the conservatory and approximately 1,500 students in the preparatory and continuing educatio ...

where she studied with Sergei Babayan. Fong placed 6th in the 2006

Leeds International Piano Competition The Leeds International Piano Competition, informally known as The Leeds and formerly the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, takes place every three years in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1961 by Marion, Countess ...

in the United Kingdom, 2nd in the 2007 Bosendorfer International Piano Competition, shared 3rd prize with Michael Mizrahi at the 2006 San Antonio International Piano Competition, and was the Baroque Prize recipient at the 2005

Cleveland International Piano Competition The Cleveland International Piano Competition is an American piano competition that takes place biennially in Cleveland, Ohio. The initial Competition in 1975 and the nine others that followed were sponsored jointly by the Robert Casadesus Society ...

. Fong was named a finalist of the 2008-2009 Classical Fellowship Awards of the

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, and invited to perform a series of concerts by the APA. She later was the 2002 Gold Medalist for the Wideman International Piano Competition. Other prizes include the winner of the 2002 Music Academy of the West Concerto Competition, the winner of the 2002 Cleveland Institute of Music Concerto Competition, 1st Prize in the 2000 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, and 1st Prize in the 2000 Edith Knox Performance Competition.

References

External links

Grace Fong website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fong, Grace Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American people of Taiwanese descent American women musicians of Chinese descent Chapman University faculty Cleveland Institute of Music alumni USC Thornton School of Music alumni Prize-winners of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition American women academics 21st-century American women