Dr. Hendry Wijaya first attracted attention in 1996 when he won Artists International's Young Artist Piano Award and made his critically acclaimed New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall. “Hendry Wijaya may well be one of the greatest pianists to come out of Indonesia today,” wrote The Observer.

He began his musical training at the age of two with his mother and gave his first public performance at the age of four, which was broadcast on national radio. In 1992, a scholarship from the Manhattan School of Music brought him to the United States, where he studied with Constance Keene and earned the Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. His other influential teachers include Herbert Stessin, Robert Weirich, Jung-Ja Kim, and Elly Lim. He received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Dora Zaslavsky Koch Piano Scholarship, the LeBauer Scholarship, the Manhattan School of Music Presidential Merit Scholarship, and the Baldwin Piano Award.  

Widely recognized as a dedicated teacher and mentor, Dr. Wijaya has guided students to success in both higher education and international competitions. His students have been accepted into prestigious institutions including the Manhattan School of Music, New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, Anton Bruckner University, the Royal College of Music, and the Royal Northern College of Music. They have also earned top prizes at numerous national and international competitions, including the Liszt Garrison International Piano Competition, the Southeast Asia International Chopin Piano Competition, the Yamaha National Piano Competition, the ASEAN International Concerto Competition, the Empire State Piano Competition, the Alberti International Piano Competition, and the Hong Kong International Music Festival.  

In addition to his performing and teaching activities, Dr. Wijaya is the author of an advice column for Staccato, a monthly music education magazine in Indonesia. He has also been featured in a live 60-minute television interview for Voice of America. On his tour to Russia as a guest performer and judge for a music festival, the local newspaper wrote: “Hendry Wijaya demonstrates that he is a unique interpreter of Debussy and Chopin's music. The rich and sophisticated timbres, extraordinary dynamic palette, and super-virtuosity made his performance a memorable event in the city's music scene."

He is Head of the Piano Department at the Westminster Conservatory of Music in Princeton and Artistic Director of the Elly Lim Conservatory of Music in Jakarta. He currently serves as MTNA Eastern Division Director and is a Past President of both the New York State Music Teachers Association (NYSMTA) and the New Jersey Music Teachers Association (NJMTA). In recognition of his contributions to the profession, he received the NYSMTA Citation Award and the MTNA Foundation Fellow Award, one of the association's highest honors recognizing significant contributions to music teaching. A Nationally Certified Teacher of Music as administered by the Music Teachers National Association, he is also a frequent adjudicator for local, national, and international piano competitions, having served on the juries of the Alberti International Piano Competition, the Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, and the World Pianist Invitational International Competition, among others.