Tiffany Poon

Poon began taking piano lessons at the age of 4.[1] Aged 9, she moved to New York to study at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division for 8 years with a full scholarship, under the guidance of Yoheved Kaplinsky. She also studied at The Calhoun School for highschool, and she graduated in 2014.[2] Poon continued her studies through the Columbia University/Juilliard School exchange program with Emanuel Ax and Joseph Kalichstein.[1] In May 2018, she graduated from Columbia University as a John Jay Scholar with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy.[3]

Poon made her concerto debut at the age of 10, and has since appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and China.[4] She has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall in New York City and Sala Mozart in Bologna, Italy. Poon has appeared as a soloist with the Plainfield Symphony Orchestra, Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and Moscow Chamber Orchestra of Pavel Slobodkin Centre.[5]

Since 2017, Poon progressively developed a strong relationship with her audience via social media.[6]

In 2020, Poon founded Together with Classical, a nonprofit charity that seeks to unite people and communities by promoting classical music, as well as supporting and funding classical music education programs and opportunities.[7]

• 2012: First Prize and Best Performance of Concerto Award, 8th Moscow International Frederic Chopin Competition for Young Pianists[8]
• 2013: Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition
• 2014: National YoungArts Winner in the United States
• 2014: First Prize, Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition
• 2014: Second Prize, 10th Chopin Golden Ring International Competition, Slovenia
• 2015: Participant of the XVII International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland
• 2016: First Prize, Manhattan International Music Competition
• 2016: Third Prize, 17th International Robert Schumann Competition, Germany
• 2016: Third Prize, “Debut at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall” International Concerto Competition
• 2017: Second prize, Walter W. Naumburg Foundation International Competition
• 2019: Second Place, KlavierOlymp of the Kissinger Sommer festival, Germany
• 2019: Young Artist Award, Hessen Agency at the Rheingau Music Festival.[8][9]

• Natural Beauty - J.S. Bach, Haydn, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Kawai Edition, 2014[9]

• Official website