This high school student has assembled a list of accomplishments that musicians twice her age would envy. At age nine, Charlotte was the youngest student to be admitted into the Academy Program for Gifted Young Artists at Mount Royal University. In addition to studying piano, Charlotte plays the flute and enjoys performing in chamber groups. She is bright in mathematics, placing in the top percentiles in many of the CEMC Waterloo math competitions and receiving a bronze medal for the Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad (2020).
Charlotte is the organizer of the Capriccio International Young Artists Society and an active member of the Back to Bach Foundation. When she’s not making music, Charlotte enjoys downhill skiing, cycling in Calgary, and learning new languages.
Accomplishments
- First Prize at the Franz Liszt Center Piano Competition and the Beecham International Piano Competition, and Overall Winner at the Steinway Piano Competition Canada (2023)
- Young Soloist Award and Absolute First Prize at the Franz Liszt Centre International Piano Competition and the San Francisco Articiál International Piano Competition (2022)
- First Place/Special Prize, 14th International Vladimir Krainev Young Pianists Competition, Romantic selection (2021)
- Gold Award, Steinway Canada Young Artist Virtual Piano Competition (2020 and 2021)
- First Prize at the Melbourne International Piano and Strings Festival Competition, and the Piano Talents Virtual Competition in Milan, Italy (2020)
- First Prize, Singapore International Classical Piano Competition, the International Piano Island Festival Competition, and the 21e Concours International de Piano Ile-de-France Maisons-Laffitte in Paris, Superior Category (2019)
- Gold Award Singapore Performers Festival & Chamber Music Competition (2018), recipient of the Ann Southam Senior National Award in Canada, and winner of the National Mary Gardiner Award (2017)
Charlotte’s instructors have included Marilyn Engle of the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary, Bernd Goetzke of the Hanover University of Music and Drama, Krzysztof Jablonski, laureate of the 11th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Professor Albert Tiu of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), and her very first piano professor, Kathy Dornian of Mount Royal University (Calgary). She has participated in private lessons and masterclasses with Arie Vardi, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, and Wha Kyung Byun.
