Trịnh Mai Trang (born 1986 in
Hanoi
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) known as Trang Trịnh, is a
Vietnamese pianist
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.
Trang Trinh started musical training aged 4 in Hanoi. She moved to England to study and later graduated from the
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the firs ...
, London with distinction in 2010 and made her debut in Hanoi Opera House - a concert titled "Piano's Journal" or "Piano's Diary". This concert was particularly noted because of her using other media form (video, voice-over, photography) in her piano creative piano recital.
Trang Trinh is also known for helping underprivileged children to access music education
[Trang Trinh helps Nguyen Van Tu, a blind pianist to receive special music education and appear in her concert ]
In November 2011, she returned to the stage of L'espace for another sold-out concert.
She has appeared together with
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in a concerto performance in London, played for
Jean Bernard-Pommier in his Beethoven Unwrapped Masterclass in King's Place, London and performed in Europe.
She was awarded the
Sterndale Bennett Scholarship, and the Gretta Parkinson Prize in 2007 for her musical achievement in the Royal Academy of Music.
Trang Trinh is married to South Korean Tenor Park Sung Min in May, 2012.
References
External links
Official WebsiteSolo debut news Talk VietnamVietnamnet news about Piano's JournalNews about L'espace concert*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20111019231609/http://www.wordhcmc.com/features/item/1655-the-piano-man The story of Nguyen Van Tu the blind pianist and how he received help from Trang Trinh
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1986 births
Living people
Vietnamese pianists
21st-century pianists