Music

Vietnamese-Canadian pianist Dang Thai Son captured the attention of the musical world when, at age of 22 in 1980, he won the Gold Medal at the 10th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. He became the first Asian pianist to win top honours at a major international piano competition.

Born in Hanoi, Vietnam, Dang Thai Son began learning piano while the Vietnam War was underway. His mother Thai Thi Lien, who studied music in Paris and Prague, was his first teacher. In 1974, visiting Russian pianist Isaac Katz saw the potential of Dang and arranged for Dang, at age 19 in 1977, to continue his study at the Moscow Conservatory under the tutelage of Vladimir Natanson and Dmitry Bashkirov.

Today, Dang Thai Son continues a vibrant international performance and teaching career. His career has taken him to over 40 countries and in collaborations with many world-class orchestras and conductors. His sense of sonority, poetry, and refinement has captivated audiences around the world. In his concert, Dang Thai Son will bring us a programme full of lush sounds and romance with music by Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, and the legendary Polish pianist-composer Paderewski, as a synthesis of the pianist’s aesthetics.