Edward Leung | piano
Lauded as one of ‘Sixteen Incredibly Impressive Students at Princeton University’ by Business Insider, American pianist Edward Leung has performed solo recitals and appeared with orchestras across North America, Europe, and Asia.
He has performed at Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Bridgewater Hall, St George’s Bristol, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center. He is supported by the Keyboard Charitable Trust, MMSF Piano Fellowship and Live Music Now UK.
A sought-after chamber musician, Edward has collaborated with some of the most important chamber musicians of today, including members of the Artemis, Lindsay, and Elias String Quartets, as well as David Campbell, Willam Hagen, Viviane Hagner, Guy Johnston, Boris Kucharsky, Charles Neidich, Tim Posner, and Rafal Zambrzycki Payne. He has worked in masterclasses with Ferenc Rados, Richard Goode, Stephen Kovacevich, Joseph Kalichstein, and Nikolai Demidenko.
Edward is the founder of Opus 21, an innovative chamber music collective dedicated to bringing an eclectic repertory of chamber music to Princeton University and beyond. Hailed by The Daily Princetonian for its ‘dramatic, exciting performances’ and 'a true need in the Princeton arts community’, Opus 21 has formed chamber music collaborations with Harvard and Columbia Universities, and has performed at the Harvard Club of New York, Richardson Auditorium, and APAP|NYC.
After studies at Princeton University and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Francine Kay and Pascal Nemirovski, Edward is the Staff Pianist at The Yehudi Menuhin School.