BBC Magazine Rising Star Stephanie Tang is a Chinese-American pianist establishing an active career in solo and chamber performance in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Europe. Her early career highlights include her solo debut in Carnegie Hall at age 12 and at sixteen, her orchestral solo debut with the West Covina Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared in major concert halls such as Carnegie Hall (New York), Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles), Shenzhen Concert Hall, Himalayan Concert Hall (Shanghai), Sendai Concert Hall, throughout the Netherlands, Place Flagey (Brussels), Wigmore Hall, Barbican Centre (London), Banff Centre, and Koerner Hall (Toronto).
Stephanie is the winner of the Guildhall Gold Medal, the school’s most prestigious music prize previously won by artists such as Jacqueline du Pre, Tasmin Little & Bryn Terfel. She has also won 1st prize at the Young Pianists’ Beethoven Competition, 2nd prize at the Louisiana International Piano Competition, and the Jury’s Discretionary Prize at the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Bronislaw Kaper Awards. In 2021, she was a semi-finalist in the Montreal International Piano Competition and performed at Place Flagey in Brussels at the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition.
Stephanie has spent her summers at the Banff Centre, West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Kuhmo Festival, Music Academy of the West, Sarasota Music Festival, Toronto Summer Music, and Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival. In masterclass, she has worked closely with exceptional artists such as Dang Thai Son, Richard Goode, Robert Levin, Jonathan Biss, Robert McDonald, Matti Raekallio, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Menahem Pressler, and Leon Fleisher.
An avid chamber musician, she has performed and collaborated with John Adams, András Diaz, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, and coached with members of the Ébène, Guarneri, Endellion, and Tokyo Quartets. She is a founding member of the London-based Paddington Trio, one of the most sought-after chamber music ensembles of their generation, holding first prizes in the Storioni Concours, Triomphe de l’Art, Parkhouse Award, and Royal Over-Seas League competitions.
Stephanie holds degrees from the Colburn Conservatory of Music (B.M.), Glenn Gould School (A.D.), Yale School of Music (M.M.), and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama (A.D., Artist Fellowship). Her principal teachers have been John Perry, David Louie, Peter Serkin, Boris Slutsky, and Ronan O’Hora. She is currently on the faculty of the Royal Northern College of Music in the chamber music department.
Upcoming concert highlights include debut recital performances in Wigmore Hall (UK), North York Moors Chamber Music Festival (UK), Musique á Flaine (France), Flanders Festival Ghent (Belgium), King’s Place (UK), Sony Auditorium (Spain) and Festival Internacional Cervantino (Mexico).
Stephanie is passionate about story-telling and making connections through her creative programming. Her goal is to pay homage to the traditional classical recital repertoire, provide a gateway into the vibrant music of contemporary, living composers, and shine a light on underrepresented works, aiming to bring together diverse audiences and foster a shared, transformative experience through music.