# Daniel Hsu > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Hsu > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Daniel_Hsu.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hsu > Source revision: 1350809968 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American classical pianist}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Daniel Hsu | image = | alt = Pianist Daniel Hsu | caption = Hsu with bronze medal at the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, 2017 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|06|27}} | birth_place = [Fremont, California](/source/Fremont%2C_California) | genre = Classical | occupation = Musician | instrument = piano | years_active = 2005–present | website = {{URL|danielhsupiano.com}} }} '''Daniel Hsu''' (born June 27, 1997) is an [American](/source/Americans) [classical](/source/Classical_music) [pianist](/source/pianist). He won the bronze medal, the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New Work, and the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance of Chamber Music at the [Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition](/source/Fifteenth_Van_Cliburn_International_Piano_Competition).{{cite web|last1=Woolfe|first1=Zachary|title=South Korean Pianist Wins the Van Cliburn Competition|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/arts/music/south-korean-pianist-wins-the-van-cliburn-competition.html|website=The New York Times|date=11 June 2017 |access-date=1 February 2018}} ==Early life== Born in Fremont, California, Hsu began studying piano at 6 with Larisa Kagan. By age 8, he was the youngest winner of the San Francisco Chopin Competition and had made his concerto debut with the Fremont Symphony Orchestra.{{cite web|last1=Lowe|first1=Jim|title=Arts Preview|url=https://www.timesargus.com/articles/arts-preview-38/|website=Times Argus|access-date=1 February 2018}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The following year marked his recital debut at the Steinway Society of the Bay Area. At age 10, he was accepted to the [Curtis Institute of Music](/source/Curtis_Institute_of_Music) to study with [Gary Graffman](/source/Gary_Graffman) and [Eleanor Sokoloff](/source/Eleanor_Sokoloff). He later studied with Robert McDonald as well. Hsu's older brother, Andrew Hsu, and older sister, Ashley Hsu, are also pianists.{{cite web|last1=Cosentino|first1=Lawrence|title=Young old man: Pianist Daniel Hsu wrestles with Beethoven in Lansing Symphony Finale|url=http://lansingcitypulse.com/article-13085-Young-old-man.html|website=Lansing City Pulse|date=27 April 2016 |access-date=1 February 2018}} ==Career== Hsu has performed with orchestras worldwide including the [Philadelphia Orchestra](/source/Philadelphia_Orchestra), [Tokyo Symphony Orchestra](/source/Tokyo_Symphony_Orchestra), [Grand Rapids Symphony](/source/Grand_Rapids_Symphony), [New Haven Symphony Orchestra](/source/New_Haven_Symphony_Orchestra), and [Fort Worth Symphony](/source/Fort_Worth_Symphony). His [Carnegie Hall](/source/Carnegie_Hall) debut was in April 2017 as part of the [Concert Artists Guild](/source/Concert_Artists_Guild) Winners Series.{{cite web|title=Bay Area Cliburn Medalist Daniel Hsu|url=https://www.sfcv.org/event/steinway-society-the-bay-area/bay-area-cliburn-medalist-daniel-hsu|website=San Francisco Classical Voice|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-date=14 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414011354/https://www.sfcv.org/event/steinway-society-the-bay-area/bay-area-cliburn-medalist-daniel-hsu|url-status=dead}} He has given solo recitals at venues such as the [Krannert Center for the Performing Arts](/source/Krannert_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts) and the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival and has toured across Japan. Hsu has been featured on the radio including [WQXR](/source/WQXR-FM)'s Young Artists Showcase series and The Greene Space in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).{{cite web|title=In the Studio with Daniel Hsu|url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/studio-daniel-hsu/|website=WQXR|date=12 April 2017 |access-date=8 March 2018}} F Hsu has also toured the United States as a chamber musician with the Verona String Quartet. Since winning the San Francisco Chopin Competition at 8 years old, Hsu has earned top prizes and awards including the [Gilmore Young Artist Award](/source/Gilmore_Young_Artist_Award) in 2016, first prize in the 2015 [Concert Artists Guild](/source/Concert_Artists_Guild) Victor Elmaleh Competition, and bronze medal at the 2015 [Hamamatsu International Piano Competition](/source/Hamamatsu_International_Piano_Competition). On June 10, 2017, Hsu won the bronze medal of the [Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition](/source/Fifteenth_Van_Cliburn_International_Piano_Competition) in addition to the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New Work (''Toccata on "L'homme armé"'' by [Marc-André Hamelin](/source/Marc-Andr%C3%A9_Hamelin)) and the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance of Chamber Music. Out of 290 applicants, the Competition selected 30 pianists to come to [Fort Worth, Texas](/source/Fort_Worth%2C_Texas) to participate in the live competition. Over the course of two and a half weeks, Hsu was required to perform a total of two and half hours of solo repertoire (divided into three recitals), one piano [quintet](/source/quintet) with the [Brentano String Quartet](/source/Brentano_String_Quartet), one [Mozart](/source/Mozart) [piano concerto](/source/piano_concerto) with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and [Nicholas McGegan](/source/Nicholas_McGegan), and another piano concerto for the final round, which Hsu chose [Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1](/source/Piano_Concerto_No._1_(Tchaikovsky)) under the baton of [Leonard Slatkin](/source/Leonard_Slatkin).{{cite web|last1=Dobrin|first1=Peter|title=Curtis pianists win big at Van Cliburn competition|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/curtis-pianists-win-big-at-van-cliburn-competition-20170611.html|website=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=10 June 2017 |access-date=1 February 2018}} As a result of winning the bronze medal, Hsu received $15,000 cash, 3 years of management, a live recording and recording partnership with Universal Music Group, press kits, videos, and a website. For the chamber music award he received $6,000 and for the new work award, he received $5,000.{{cite web|title=2017 Competition Prizes|url=https://www.cliburn.org/2017-cliburn-competition/2017-competition-prizes/|website=The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-date=24 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224153201/https://cliburn.org/2017-cliburn-competition/2017-competition-prizes/|url-status=dead}} On August 18, 2017, [Decca Gold](/source/Decca_Gold) released Hsu's first solo album, ‘’Cliburn Bronze’’.{{cite web|title=Cliburn Bronze 2017|url=https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4815688|website=Decca Classics|access-date=8 March 2018}} The album was featured as [KUSC](/source/KUSC)’s Album of the Week in September 2017.{{cite web|title=Hear the Hype: 2017's Van Cliburn Competition Winners|url=https://www.kusc.org/radio/album-of-the-week/cliburn-gold-silver-and-bronze-2017/|website=KUSC|access-date=8 March 2018}} Hsu is currently the Richard A. Doran Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music pursuing a bachelor of music in piano performance.{{cite web|title=Meet the Students|url=http://www.curtis.edu/globalassets/overtones/spring-2016/meet-the-students---family-affair.pdf|website=Curtis Institute of Music|access-date=1 February 2018}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ==Awards== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !! Event !! Award |- | 2017 || [Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition](/source/Fifteenth_Van_Cliburn_International_Piano_Competition) || Bronze medal |- | 2017 || [Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition](/source/Fifteenth_Van_Cliburn_International_Piano_Competition) || Beverley Taylor Smith Award for the Best Performance of a New Work |- | 2017 || [Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition](/source/Fifteenth_Van_Cliburn_International_Piano_Competition) || [Steven De Groote](/source/Steven_De_Groote) Memorial Award for the Best Performance of Chamber Music |- | 2016 || N/A ||[Gilmore Young Artist Award](/source/Gilmore_Artist_Award){{cite web|title=In the Studio with Daniel Hsu|url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/studio-daniel-hsu/|website=WQXR|date=12 April 2017 |access-date=1 February 2018}} |- | 2015 || [Concert Artists Guild](/source/Concert_Artists_Guild) Victor Elmaleh Competition || First prize |- | 2015 || [Hamamatsu International Piano Competition](/source/Hamamatsu_International_Piano_Competition) || Bronze medal{{cite web|title=Prizewinners|url=http://www.hipic.jp/en/hipic/activity/|website=Hamamatsu International Piano Competition|access-date=1 February 2018}} |- | 2015 || N/A || Williamson Foundation for Music grant recipient{{cite web|title=International Pianist Daniel Hsu to Perform at Raitt Recital Hall|url=https://www.pepperdine.edu/news/2016/11/international-pianist-daniel-hsu-perform-raitt-recital-hall/|website=Pepperdine University|access-date=1 February 2018}} |- | 2007 || Pacific Musical Society Piano Competition || First place, James Denver Prize |- | 2007 || Menuhin-Dowling Young Artist Competition || First prize |- | 2007 || San Jose International Piano Competition (formerly International Russian Piano Competition) || First prize |- | 2005 || San Francisco Chopin Competition || First prize{{cite web|title=10th Annual Competition Winners|url=http://www.chopinsf.org/competition2005.html|website=Chopin Foundation of the United States|access-date=1 February 2018}} |- |} ==Discography== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !! Album !! Label |- | 2017 || Cliburn Bronze 2017 |style="text-align:center;"| [Decca Gold](/source/Decca_Gold) |- | 2016 || 9th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2015{{cite web|title=The 9th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2015|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-9th-hamamatsu-international-piano-competition-2015/1130224193|website=Apple Music|access-date=1 February 2018}} |style="text-align:center;"| ALM Records |- |} ==Computer programming== Hsu is also involved in [computer programming](/source/computer_programming). Among other projects, he has contributed to the app called [Workflow](/source/Workflow_(app)) which helps users automate tasks on several Apple devices. The app has received the 2015 [Apple Design Award](/source/Apple_Design_Award) and was acquired by [Apple](/source/Apple_Inc.) in March 2017.{{cite web|last1=Ho|first1=Elijah|title=Fremont's Daniel Hsu breathing fresh air into age-old piano traditions|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/05/fremonts-daniel-hsu-breathes-fresh-air-into-age-old-piano-traditions/|website=The Mercury News|date=5 December 2017 |access-date=1 February 2018}} ==See also== * [Van Cliburn International Piano Competition](/source/Van_Cliburn_International_Piano_Competition) * [Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition](/source/Fifteenth_Van_Cliburn_International_Piano_Competition) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{Official website | danielhsupiano.com}} * [https://www.cliburn.org/?performer=daniel-hsu Cliburn profile] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hsu, Daniel}} Category:Living people Category:1997 births Category:Prize-winners of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Category:People from Fremont, California Category:Musicians from California Category:Musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area Category:American male classical pianists Category:21st-century American classical pianists Category:Classical musicians from California Category:21st-century American male pianists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Daniel Hsu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hsu) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hsu?action=history)). 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