Dr. Loo Fung Ying

Biography

A recipient of several awards – including the first prize in the prestigious Jacobson Piano Competition and the Grindea Award for Best Pianist – Dr. Loo Fung Ying, current Deputy Director (Postgraduate & Research) of Cultural Centre, University of Malaya, enjoyed extensive performing and teaching experience. After having obtained her Fellowship and Bachelor of Music in piano performance, she furthered her music study at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (University of Wales), where received her Master of Music in Piano Performance, with distinction. She studied piano under Michael Schreider, Barno Khaknazarov, Larisa Rakhmanova and Lillian Joseph, and had master classes conducted by Artur Pizzaro, Boris Berman, Irina Osipova, Julian Jacobson, Richard MacMahon, Olga Malissova, Ng Chong Lim etc. Fung Ying completed her Ph.D at the University of Sheffield, UK in 2009. She was invited to present her research papers at local and international music conferences in the area of performance and ethnomusicology, and had also given many solo piano recitals at prestigious concert halls such as St. Martin-in-the-Field and St. John Smith's Square. In addition, she is also an active composer and music arranger with the multiple award-winning Dama Orchestra with over twenty productions to date, five albums and three sold-out musicals: Empress Wu, I Have a Date with Spring and Butterfly Lovers.

Research Interest

Performing Arts, Performing Art and Music (Taichi in Application to Piano Pedagogy) Performing Arts, Performing Art and Music (Composition) Performing Arts, Performing Art and Music (Piano Performance) Performing Arts, Performing Art and Music (Ethnomusicology)