Teaching Session
S1: Jan. 12 - 18

Teaching Languages
English, Chinese

Macau Pianist Sandra Ho-Suet Poon performed and gave seminars extensively in the States, Europe and Asia. She has appeared in festivals and concert series such as Prague International Piano Institute, John Cage Centennial Festival, Dayton Art Institute Musicales Series, Asia-Pacific Symposium for Music Education Research, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall, Shenzhen Guangming Culture & Art Center, Foshuan Grand Theatre, Zhuhai Huafa & CPAA Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Musical Del Cuore Series, The Hong Kong Celeste Series, Joe Hisaishi 360 Series, Macao International Music Festival, Macao Arts Festival, Macau Vocal Festival, Macao Chamber Music Week and Macao Youth Symphony Orchestra Music Festival. She has world-premiered works by Clara Schumann, Wang Xilin, Lam Bun-Ching and JunYi Chow. Her live recording has broadcasted at the China Central Radio - Television General Station and Radio Television Hong Kong. In 2019, he gave a Macau-premiere concert of two pianos and two percussion, and performed the only all Beethoven recital in Macau in 2020 (Beethoven 250th Anniversary).

 

Miss Poon received numerous awards and honors, including the Special Prize at the Kayabuki Ongakudo International Competition, First Prize in Brussels International Music Competition, First Place at the College-Conservatory of Music Competition, National Finalist at the Music Teachers National Association Competition, First Place at the Ohio Music Teachers Association Piano Competition, Irene Romanowski Piano Scholarship, Agnes Fowler Scholarship, Presidential Commendation for Excellence, Macao Cultural Affairs Bureau Prize, Macao Postgraduate Scholarship. Under the sponsorship of Macao Government and Macao Foundation, she received her Bachelor and Master degrees in Piano Performance at Wright State University and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, along with harpsichord and vocal studies. Her major mentors include Eugene Pridonoff (student of renowned Beethoven specialist Rudolf Serkin), Elisabeth Pridonoff and Jackson Leung. 

 

Miss Poon is a Young Steinway Artist, lecturer at the Beijing Normal University – Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, guest keyboardist of Macao Orchestra and Macao Chinese Orchestra, President of World Piano Teachers Association Macau, President of Macau Greater Bay Area Music & Art Association, and frequently invited as jury member in different competitions.