Post by NZBC on May 24, 2007 22:42:20 GMT 12
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Henry Wong Doe began his studies at the age of five, and was the recipient of numerous national awards before embarking on further study in the United States. Following a Masters degree from Indiana University, Mr. Wong Doe graduated in May 2006 with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School in New York. His dissertation "Musician or Machine: The Player piano and Composers of the Twentieth Century" examined the influence of the player piano on the works of Stravinsky, Hindemith, Nancarrow and Ligeti. His teachers have included Evelyne Brancart, Leonard Hokanson, Joseph Kalichstein and Richard Goode, and he has participated in masterclasses given by Menahem Pressler, Paul Badura-Skoda and Leon Fleisher. In addition to his performing activites, Mr. Wong Doe serves on the faculty of The Silvermine School of Music in Norwalk, Connecticut, and Hunter College of the City University of New York in Manhattan.