The International Korea Piano Festival was established in 1992, when solo piano recitals were a rare event in the country. Now in its 30 edition, the festival has become a highlight of the international music calendar and is today Asia’s premier piano festival.
IKPF takes the unique approach of presenting recitals by four different pianists over a series of consecutive evenings. Past editions of the festival have featured the virtuosos Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Stephen Kovacevich, Nikolai Demidenko, Pascal Rogé, Piotr Anderszewski, Stephen Hough, Benjamin Grosvenor, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Lars Vogt and Angela Hewitt, among others.
The festival is organised by Korea Sy Symphony Orchestra. The 2021 edition will be held by online Format this years in 22-28 May and features Philip Yang, Karen Karana Tse, Giants Park and Jeremy Haos.
Music Educator
Karen Karana Tse
Karen Karana Tse, she is a Canadian, United Kingdom and Asia Music Educator, but she lived in Hong Kong. She has been renowned as an international educator. At an early age Karen to pursue and develop her music in Piano education at a young age. She received her ARCT performance in first-class honor in The Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada. This guided her towards a Masters in Music Therapy offering her an extensive career in Children Music Education and later expanded her music background onto other instruments. She also received Violin LTCL performance in Trinity College of London. In 2018, She study a Cognitive behavioral therapy certificate program in Hong Kong, And this year she completed a (Ph.D.) Doctoral of Philosophy in Music Education in New York City.
24th May, 2020 6:00pm
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 in E minor IV movement “From the new world”
Bach Prelude in C minor, Prelude in C, Minuet in G, Invention Nos 4, 8, 13.
About Karen Karana Tse
•2015 established String & Keyboard Musik Program where she developed her signature. This program, created for educational learning environments, is operated globally in 100 education institutions in 52 Cities throughout 11 Countries. In 2018, the Program won awards in the UK. and in the U.S.A. in 2019.
•2018 founded Inspire Kids Orchestra. An orchestra she created for underprivileged children in Hong Kong.
•2018-2020 won music educator awards in Singapore, China, United States, and the United Kingdom.
•2021 established a Children’s Music Fund Foundation in China. This foundation offered an early music education opportunity for underprivileged children in China.
•2020 published her new music story book Music Dynamics Story Book in United Kingdom to help young children discover the power of music in their young lives.
•2020 established a String & Keyboard Musik International Kindergarten School in Beijing, Shanghai and Sichuan province, China.
•2021 Launched her first classical album Music in life itself “Schumann”.
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