This website and all content copyright 2006 Tien Hsieh Website Design: Canfield Design Studios, Inc.	Photo: Allen McCullough Tien Hsieh pianist As one reviewer from the San Francisco bay area recently quoted, "Serious, composed, tiny and full of music, Tien Hsieh lets her artistry on the piano express a warmth and freshness of ideas that surely none but a poet could explain". Another reviewer said she "...delivered electrifying performances of music of monumentally heroic difficulty. Works by Messiaen, Beethoven and finally Liszt's Rhapsodie Espagnole were breathtaking in their technical quality and interpretive maturity." Her Schumann Humoresque, Op. 20 was described as 'Grand, relentless, madness explained, love caught through fingertips and galloping hooves trailing off to pastoral dreams.' Tien Hsieh immigrated to the United States with her family when she was nine years old. Originally from China but born in Taiwan, she began her musical studies with her mother. A prizewinner of competitions including the Los Angles International Liszt Competition, Artists International Presentations Auditions in New York, Pacific Piano Competition and Festival in California, Miss Hsieh is a recipient of the prestigious Roy M. Rubinstein Award from Manhattan School of Music and a recipient of the Li-Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation Grant representing cross-cultural exchange. Following the success of her New York Recital Debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, she appeared in recitals for festivals, colleges and universities, cultural and art centers across the U.S., as well as in Germany, China, and most recently, in Budapest, Hungary, where she performed an All-Liszt program at the Liszt Museum (Old Liszt Academy). Recent orchestral collaborations include soloist with Maestro Gary Sheldon and Spokane Symphony and Maestro Frank Fetta and Redlands Symphony. She has also performed with Houston Civic Symphony, Gold Country Chamber Orchestra and Sacramento Ballet. As a scholarship student at the Manhattan School of Music, Miss Hsieh received the Professional Studies Diploma and Master of Music Degree under the tutelage of Dr. Marc Silverman. She received the Bachelor of Music degree from University of Houston, where she was a full scholarship student of Abbey Simon and Ruth Tomfohrde. Miss Hsieh is a Touring Roster Artist sponsored by the California Arts Council and has recently joined Northwest on Tour. Click here to download the short bio in Microsoft Word format. Click here to download the long bio in Microsoft Word format. Click here to download horizontal publicity photo. Past Solo Recitals Include: Ferenc Liszt Emlek Museum, Budapest, Hungary (All-Liszt Program) Lane Series, University of Vermont, Vermont Florence Performing Arts, Florence, Oregon Lincoln Community Concert Association, Oregon Cedar City Music Arts Association, Utah Los Banos Arts Council, California Gualala Arts Center, California Restoration Series, South Pasadena, California Lander Community Concert Association, Wyoming Humboldt Community Concert Association, Eureka, California Crocker Art Museum - Classical Series, Sacramento, California Sutter Creek Theatre, Sutter Creek, California St. Patrick's Cathedral, San Francisco, California Orange County Community Concert Association, California Music on the Divide - Cool, California Twin Cities Concert Association, California Newport Performing Arts Center, Oregon Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall- New York Debut Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas Nixon Library - Pasadena, California Theodore Roosevelt's Birthplace, New York City Lee College, Baytown, Texas Steinway Hall, New York City St. Louis Conservatory of Music, St. Louis, Missouri Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College Society of the Cincinnati - Anderson House Museum, D.C. American River College, California A & M University, College Station, Texas University of Houston-School of Music, Texas Jewish Community Center - Green Auditorium, New York Vacaville Performing Arts Theater, California Manhattan School of Music, New York City Old St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco, California Old First Concerts, San Francisco, California Donnell Library, New York City St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Impromptu Concert Series, Key West, Florida Wynmoor Village Recital Hall, Coconut Creek, Florida San Pablo Church - Middle Keys Concert Association, Marathon Key, Florida Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, Chicago Cultural Center Del Webb Sun City - Lincoln, California Oakmont Village Concerts, Santa Rosa, California California State University of Sacramento, CA - Lecture Recital (Women Composers) Valhalla Music Festival, Lake Tahoe, California Spring Lake Concert Series, Santa Rosa, California Tuesday Club, Sacramento, California Pacifica Performances, California Clearlake Performing Arts, California Gunnison Arts Council - Western State College, Gunnision, Colorado Emerald City Opera, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Manteca Kindred Arts Concert Association, Manteca, California Organizational Affiliations: Arts Midwest Arts Northwest California Arts Council Chamber Music America Western Arts Alliance