Nam Yeung
Dr. Yeung has been invited numerous times as a guest artist and has presented master classes and concerts at universities and festivals, including the Asia International Piano Academy & Festival in South Korea (honorary professor), Cremona International Music Festival in Italy, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Summer Music Program, SiChuan Conservatory of Music and Beijing Normal University in China, Taipei National Recital Hall and Wei Wu Ying National Art Culture Center Performance Hall in Taiwan, Goethe Institute in Thailand, Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore, Valencia International Piano Academy and The Professional Conservatory of Music “Manuel Carra” in Spain, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Annual Spring Piano Festival, and Montecito International Music Festival (Excellence in Teaching Award) in the United States, among others.
He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Louisiana State University, a Master of Music degree in Piano from the Peabody institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and an Advanced Diploma program from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts as well as LRSM (Licentiate of Royal School of Music). Dr. Yeung is the winner of various competitions and awards including the American MTNA Piano Competition, The Monroe Young Artist Competition, The Jackson Symphony Orchestra Competition, The Hong Kong Kawai International Competition, The Maryland Music Club Piano Competition, and others.
He is the author of books including Franz Liszt’s Piano Transcriptions Of Sonetto 104 Del Petrarca, An In-Depth Research to the Musical Style and Performance interpretation of Franz Liszt Through His Seven Piano Works and An interpretive Analysis of Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonatas in A minor (D. 845) and A major (D. 959). Additionally, he serves as a music critic on the newspaper in Taiwan. Dr. Nam Yeung is currently a full-time piano professor in the Music Department at the Tainan University of Technology, Taiwan. At the same time, he serves as the special visiting professor at Hansei University, South Korea.
