Bill Vu

BILL VU

Country: Canada
Birth Date: September 10, 2007
Teacher: Michael Berkovsky
School: The Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists, of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Concerto: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (I. Allegro con brio)

Bill started learning the piano after discovered by the world-renowned pianist Dang Thai Son at the age of five. He was with Richard Raymond at Montreal Conservatory of Music and is now a scholarship student of Michael Berkovsky at the Phil and Eli Taylor Academy Performance for Young Artists. Bill has taken masterclass with James Anagnosons, Anya Alexeyev and John O’Conor.

Bill made his orchestral debut at the age of 10 with the Canadian Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra. He also performed with the CAST (Chinese Artists Society of Toronto) Youth Orchestra and the Kitchener Waterloo Chamber Orchestra. Bill has won First Prizes at: CMC national finals, Canadian Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra Young Artist Competition, OMFA provincials, Montreal Classical Music Festival, Quebec Music Educator Association Festival, and many more.

Bill enjoys bonding with his three brothers through piano and video games.