U Piano Area Accomplishments Spring 2022
Two School of Music piano students were nationally recognized this month at the 2022 Music Teacher National Association.
Yanqi Wang and Qi Su, students of professor Jie Lu and professor Ning Lu won first prize in the MTNA Stecher and Horowitz Competition for Two Pianos.
He (Richard) Chen competed in the MTNA Performance Competition of Young Artist National Final, ranking
6th. Chen won first prize in the MTNA Southwest Regional Competition (pianists from Arizona
State University, University of Hawaii, and San Francisco Conservatory were among
the competitors).
This year Ning Lu was awarded the 2022 Steinway & Sons Top Teacher Award.