Keng Siong Sim
Piano
About
Winner of the 2012 Washington International Piano Artists Competition (WIPAC), Keng Siong Sim was awarded a scholarship to the University of York (UK) and studied piano with Kaoru Bingham and Ka-Kit Tam. Keng has also studied with Nadine Shank and Estela Olevsky at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he obtained his Master of Music. In addition, he is an Associate of Royal College of Music (UK) and Licentiate of Trinity College of Music (London) in piano performance.
He has played in the masterclass of several pedagogues, such as Paul Roberts, David Dolan, Pierre Jasmin, Marian Lapsansky, Nelly Ben-Or, Nancy Weems and Susan Starr. He was awarded a scholarship to attend “Music at LaDevie” in France in 1993, and was a prizewinner in the 1996 Ragusa-Ibla Competition in Italy. He also won the second prize at Music Appassionata in 2011 and the prize for the best performance of an American work at WIPAC in 2012.
Music
Eighteenth to twenty-first century repertoire
Interest in less frequently performed composers and transcriptions of popular music.
Videos
Upcoming groupmuses
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Carl Gutowski, flute & Keng Siong Sim, piano (3rd performance)
Saturday, Apr 27 7:30 PM EDT
- Neighborhood: Wood Acres / Glen Echo Heights
- Composers: William Grant Still, Mel Bonis et al
- Instruments: Flute and Piano
- Price: $25 tickets ($20 for Supermusers)
Spots available
Programs
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Lost Ukrainian gems
- Musician profile: Keng Siong Sim
- Composers: Bortkiewicz
- Instruments: Piano
Keng Siong Sim
- Musician profile: View player profile
- Composers: Ukrainian composers
- Instruments: Solo piano
Past groupmuses (2)
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Virtuoso Keng Siong Sim piano: Peace for Ukraine featuring Lysenko, Bortkiewicz, Kosenko, & Vilinsky; SOLOX house concert: Red Lantern at Milo.
Sunday, Nov 13, 2022 2:30 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Wood Acres / Glen Echo Heights
- Composers: Ukrainian composers
- Instruments: Solo piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Concert Pianist Keng Siong Sim: Bach, Huffman Chopin Studies, Bohemian Rhapsody, Grieg, Morricone Cinema Paradiso, Horsley Rumba Prelude
Sunday, Feb 13, 2022 1:30 PM EST
- Neighborhood: Wood Acres / Glen Echo Heights
- Composers: Bach, Grieg, Mercury, Huffman etc
- Instruments: Solo piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 2 years ago