Dr. Hendry Wijaya
pianist
 

RESUME


PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

     Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall
     United Nations General Assembly Hall 
     Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts
     Merkin Concert Hall (New York City)
     Steinway Hall, New York 
     Bösendorfer Hall (Vienna)
     Jakarta Arts Center
     Yamaha Hall (Indonesia)
     Aspen Music Festival 

AWARDS/HONORS

     MTNA Foundation Fellow Award, 2019
     Nationally Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM), since 2012
     Young Artist Piano Award (Artists International), 1996
     Baldwin Piano Award, 1992
     Winner, Concerto Competition (Eastern Music Festival), 1993
     Top Prize, Stravinsky Concerto Competition (Manhattan School of Music), 1994
     Top Prize, Yamaha National Piano Competition,1989
     Dora Zaslavsky Koch Piano Scholarship
     Manhattan School of Music Presidential Merit Scholarship

EXPERIENCE

     Head of the Piano Department, Westminster Conservatory of Music, Princeton, 2020 to present
     Piano Faculty, Westminster Conservatory of Music, Princeton, 2004 to present
     Artistic Director & Chief Advisor, Elly Lim Conservatory of Music, 2018 to present
     Founder and Artistic Director, Elly Lim Music Festival, 2018 to present
     Chief Advisor& Head of Conservatory Department, E.L.M.S. Conservatory—Jakarta, 2007 to 2018
     Columnist, Advice Column for Staccato (monthly music education magazine in Indonesia), 2004 to present
     President, New York State Music Teachers Association (NYSMTA), 2020 to 2022
     President, New Jersey Music Teachers Association (NJMTA), 2015 to 2017
     Music Director, Watchung Presbyterian Church, 2018 to 2021
     Music Director, Wantagh Memorial Congregational Church/ U.C.C., 2000 to 2007
     Piano Faculty, Stecher and Horowitz School of the Arts, 1996 to 1999
     Frequent Adjudicator for local, national and international piano competitions and auditions

TV AND RADIO BROADCASTS

     60-minute Live TV interview on “Hello VOA”, Voice of America
     30-minute interview on “Musician’s Life,” FM Classic Radio
     Live Interview, Sonora FM & Ramaco FM
     National Headline News
     National English News TV
     AnTeve Network
     Indo Siar TV (Indonesia)

EDUCATION

     D.M.A.,M.M., B.M., Manhattan School of Music 
     L.R.S.M. Diploma with highest Distinction, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
     Piano Teachers: Constance Keene, Herbert Stessin, Robert Weirich, Jung-Ja Kim
     Chamber Music Teachers: Jeanne Baxtresser, Sylvia Rosenberg, Frank Morelli, Linda Chesis 
     Master Classes: Peter Frankl, Charles Rosen, Michael Ponti, Lillian Freundlich, Paul Badura-Skoda
     Piano Pedagogy: Elly Lim, Paul Sheftel, Vera Wills, Melvin Stecher, Norman Horowitz

SPECIAL SKILLS

     Multilingual in English, Indonesian, Mandarin and Chinese dialects
     Computer Literacy 

 
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