Tiffany Poon | |
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Nationality | Hong Kong United States |
Education | Juilliard School Columbia University (BA) |
Occupation | Pianist |
Website | tiffanypoon |
Tiffany Poon (born 29 December 1996, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-born American classical pianist and vlogger, residing in New York City.
Born in Hong Kong, Poon began taking piano lessons at the age of four. [1] At nine, she moved to New York to study at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division for eight years with a full scholarship, under the guidance of Yoheved Kaplinsky. She studied at Calhoun School for high school, where she graduated in 2014. [2] She continued her studies at the Columbia University / Juilliard School exchange program with Emanuel Ax and Joseph Kalichstein. [1] In May 2018, she graduated from Columbia University as a John Jay Scholar with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. [3]
Poon made her concerto debut at the age of 10, and has appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and China. [4] Among the venues where she has performed are Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall in New York City, and Sala Mozart in Bologna, Italy. She has appeared as a soloist with the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and Moscow Chamber Orchestra of Pavel Slobodkin Centre. [5]
Poon has been active on social media since 2017 and expanded into video blogging when the COVID-19 pandemic ended live performances. [6] [7] As of May 2021, Poon's YouTube channel had 290,000 subscribers: "Of course, it took years. I only started making vlogs because I thought that classical music lacked human elements. Composers are dead and current musicians don't really talk about themselves as humans." [1]
In 2020, Poon founded Together with Classical, a nonprofit charity intended to unite people and communities together by promoting classical music, and to support and fund classical music education programs and opportunities. [6] [8]
It's kind of sad that classical music is said to be dying, [but] it feels like I'm making an impact on the world, and I'd like to continue inspiring more generations to appreciate classical music because I've been getting more and more messages from my audience that they were inspired to play because of me. And that means a lot to me, because it means that I'm doing something significant and worth my time. [3]
— Tiffany Poon
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Honorable Mentions in Music : Tiffany Poon, Piano, The Calhoun School, New York, New York