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Dr. Vera Hui-pin Hsu is a pianist and conductor. Vera was born in Taipei City, Taiwan and began studying piano at 5 and violin at 6 years old. She is under the mentorship of Martin Canin at Graduate Center, City University of New York, where she received her doctoral degree in piano performance. From 2015 to 2023, She taught in National Taiwan Normal University, Soochow University, Fu-Jen University, and HSNU in Taipei. She has given piano recitals and lecture concerts internationally in Austria, Germany, Italy, Israel, China, Taiwan, and the U.S. Vera also has toured with the New Haifa Symphony Orchestra. Since 2011, Vera has had a robust collaboration with the Taiwan Philharmonic (aka the National Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan), showcasing her versatility in a spectrum of performances. Her interpretation of Sung-jen Hsu’s piano concerto, “Pounding Rain,” was recorded with the Taiwan Philharmonic and is featured in the Voice of Taiwan series on the Naxos Music Library. For many years, Vera served as a rehearsal pianist for operas and vocal-related symphonic works such as Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Verdi’s Requiem, Salome, Fidelio, Das Lied von der Erde, and Chesky’s The Mice War, produced by Taiwan Philharmonic and National Taichung Theater.

She is currently a Visiting Lecturer at the Cornell University Department of Music. She is the chief pianist of the Cornell University Chorale. Click here to learn more.