Teaching Session 
S1 : Jan. 12 - 18
Teaching Languages
English, French, Vietnamese

Luu Duc Anh is a brilliant pianist of his generation and currently being one of the most active classical musicians in Vietnam with numerous concerts as well as directing various high-quality art projects in the country. He is well-known for his versatility to perform brilliantly as soloist, chamber musician and accompanist.

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Born in Hanoi, he began studying Piano with his father, Associate Professor, Artist of merit Luu Quang Minh, one of the leading teachers in Accordion and Jazz in Vietnam. From 2000 to 2011, he studied at the National Academy of Music of Vietnam under the guidance of Prof. Tran Thu Ha. After finishing the Intermediate level, he continued his studies at the Royal Conservatory of Liège, Belgium, class of Prof.Jean Schils, with whom he obtained his Bachelor degree in 2013 and Master degree in 2015. He then pursued further study at Malmo Academy of Music with Professor Hans Palsson. Other teachers and mentors include Johan Schmidt (Brussels Conservatory) and Armen Babakhanian (Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan).

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Duc Anh is a regular guest soloist of Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and has also appeared as soloist with London Chamber Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra, Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra, Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique du Conservatoire Royal de Liège under the baton of various conductors such as Jonas Alber, Honna Tetsuji, Christopher Warren-Green, Maritt Strindlund, Patrick Baton, Nguyen Thieu Hoa, Tran Vuong Thach, Nguyen Phu Son, Fan Ting… He has appeared on many concert stages in Vietnam as well as various countries in Asia and Europe. Duc Anh also attended masterclass of leading musicians such as Dang Thai Son, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Jean-Bernard Pommier, Tibor Szasz, Georg-Friedrich Schenck, Daniel Rivera, Claude Bessmann, Susumu Aoyagi, Vincenzo Maltempo… He also received scholarships to participate in prestigious music festivals such as the Kirishima International Music Festival in Japan and the Pablo Casals Festival in France.

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In 2017, he co-founded Maestoso with 3 other colleagues, focusing in organizing classical concerts in Vietnam. The group has achieved great success with many large scale concerts held at the Hanoi Opera House, Vietnam National Academy of Music, St.Joseph Cathedral of Hanoi… In 2023, together with international pianist Armen Babakhanian and conductor Nguyen Phu Son, he co-founded Maestoso International Music Festival with the appearance of Maestoso Chamber Orchestra consists of international musicians performing concerto with young soloists all over Asia.

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With huge success in his musician career as well as his contribution to the classical music field in Vietnam, he was nominated in the Top 10 most brilliant young person of Hanoi in 2017 and Top 10 most promising young person of Vietnam in 2017, Finest Artist 2020 voted by Hanoi Grapevine. In 2018, he was invited to give a private performance for Mr. Prime Minister of France, Edouard Phillipe at Van Mieu (temple of literature) in Hanoi, Vietnam and later for Princess Victoria of Sweden at the same venue.

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Beside an active concert schedule, he has started teaching at the Piano Department, Vietnam National Academy of music as the youngest lecturer of the department from 2018. Since then, many of his students have won top prizes at international and domestic competitions. Duc Anh has also served as juror at the various competitions in Vietnam as well as giving masterclasses monthly for young Vietnamese students. In 2019, he co-founded Inspirito School of Music and served as the school’s headmaster. Inspirito has quickly become a leading music center in Hanoi with a quality team of pedagogues and numerous successful art projects. Duc Anh and his colleagues at Inspirito are pioneer artists in performing contemporary music in Vietnam with the concert series “20th Century Music” in collaboration with Goethe Institute Hanoi, introducing compositions of important modern – contemporary composers such as: Steve Reich, John Adams, Terry Riley, Frederic Rzewski, George Crumb, John Cage, Philip Glass, Helmut Lachenmann, Paul Hindemith, Louis Andriessen…

AWARDS:

• Second prize at the Autumn Concours 2007 in Hanoi-Vietnam

• Second prize at the “Classical Sonata” competition 2009 in Sydney, Australia

• Second Prize at the 1st International Piano Competition 2010 in Hanoi, Vietnam 

• Second Prize at the Belgium-Luxembourg Piano Competition 2014 in Liège-Belgium 

• First prize at the “Léopold Godowsky” International Piano Competition 2014 in Warsaw, Poland

• First prize at the “Andrée Charlier” Piano Competition 2015 in Charleroi-Belgium.

• First prize at the Stockholm International Piano Competition 2017 in Stockholm-Sweden.

• Special prize at the “Alain Marinaro” International Piano Competition 2017 in Collioure, France.

• Second prize (Chamber music Category) and Special prize for the best Vietnamese ensemble at the 1st Vietnam International Music Competition for Violin & Chamber music