Kasey Shao Junior Piano Recital

kaseyshao.squarespace.com

Gilmore Young Artist, Young Steinway Artist, and Presidential Scholar in the Arts Kasey Shao began piano at the age of 6. Following her orchestral debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nezet Seguin as the first place winner of the 2015 Albert M. Greenfield Concerto Competition at the age of 12, Shao has gone on to win the top prizes in the New York International Piano Competition, Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Young Concert Artists International Auditions, and the Princeton University Concerto Competition. She was the Gold Medal Winner in the Classical Music Division of the 2020 National YoungArts Week and has been recognized as a 4 consecutive year Chopin Scholar, Cincinnati MacDowell Artist Grant recipient, Feltsman Scholarship winner, and two time Matinee Musicale Nancy F. Walker Memorial Scholarship winner.

Recent performances include the Richardson Hall at Princeton University, Verizon Hall of the Kimmel Center, the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Whitney Hall of the Kentucky Center, the New World Center, the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, Merkin Hall of the Kaufman Performing Arts Center. Kasey has also performed with the Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony Orchestra under Prof. Michael Chertok, the Louisville Orchestra under Mr. Teddy Abrams, the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra under Mr. John Morris Russell, and the Princeton Symphonia under Dr. Ruth Ochs.

Kasey is currently a junior concentrating in Music (composition) with minors in Piano Performance and Engineering Biology on the pre-med track. She studies with Prof. Ran Dank and Prof. Margeret Kampmeier.