SUZUKI PIANO
TEACHER TRAINING
SUZUKI PIANO
TEACHER TRAINING
SUZUKI PIANO
TEACHER TRAINING
SUZUKI PIANO
TEACHER TRAINING
SUZUKI PIANO
TEACHER TRAINING
Carolyn Cheng, Piano (Philippines)
Carolyn Kleiner Cheng holds a Bachelor of Music degree major in Piano from the University of the Philippines, summa cum laude, and a Master’s degree in Piano with distinction from the New England of Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, receiving training from
Prof. Carmencita Arambulo, Prof. Reynaldo Reyes and pianist Veronica Jochum.
She was a prizewinner in the MSO Young Artists’ Competitions when she was only 16.
The following year, she became the national Yamaha champion, going on to become
Southeast Asian champion.
She has played with the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Manila Symphony Orchestra and Concert in the Park and has given solo recitals both in the Philippines and the U.S. A sought-after accompanist, she has accompanied numerous vocal artists, choral groups, young pianists, violinists and singers. She has played organ and harpsichord as continuo for several productions of Handel’s Messiah.
She was the Chair of the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) Piano Competitions Category C in 2008 and then again in Category B in 2011. She has also served as adjudicator in various categories in NAMCYA several times.
Highly involved in music education, she has been trained in the Dalcroze, Kodaly and Suzuki Methods. At the U.P. College of Music, she is presently Chair of the Keyboard Department (since 2004), teaching piano majors and minors, harpsichord minors and teaching Dalcroze and Kodaly to music education and dance majors.
Dr. Edith Widayani, Piano (Indonesia/USA)
Hailed as one of the most accomplished young pianists in her home country of Indonesia, Dr. Edith Widayani has established herself as performing solo artist, chamber musician, and music educator, with appearances in North and Central Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Recently earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Performance and Literature with double minors in Chamber Music/Collaborative Piano and Music Theory from the Eastman School of Music - the first Indonesian to earn a doctorate from Eastman - Edith graduated as a Pi Kappa Lambda and was awarded the prestigious Henry Cobos Endowed Piano Prize for demonstrating excellence in piano performance. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, magna cum laude, from Texas Christian University School of Music and a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Literature from Eastman School of Music. Her teachers include Mrs. Edmay Solaiman, Mrs. Aisha Pletscher, Dr. Johannes Nugroho, Prof. Ling Yuan, Dr. Tamás Ungár, and most recently, Prof. Barry Snyder.
As laureate of both solo and chamber music competitions, including 1st Prize and Best Instrumentalist Award at the Concurso de Música Cámara Ecoparque Trasmiera in Arnuero, Spain, 1st Prize Winners in the 2014 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition in New York City, 2013 Jakarta International Open Piano Competition, and Ananda Sukarlan Award 2010, Edith has also received Award of Achievement in International Forum given by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Indonesia.
Committed to music education as a young on-demand pedagogue, Edith has taught intensively at Eastman, as assistant to Prof. Snyder for piano, instructor for keyboard literature, and teaching assistant in musicology and theory departments. She also performed and gave masterclasses as a guest artist in Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX in 2016 and at 2013 Bogotá International Piano Festival in Colombia.
An avid chamber musician, Edith was a guest artist on the 6th Asia Region Suzuki Conference in Bali in 2016. As a collaborative artist at Eastman, Edith was given Award of Excellence in Accompanying two years in a row and featured at the Eastman Virtuosi Concert Series, performing with Eastman faculty - bass-baritone Jan Opalach, violinist Federico Agostini and double-bassist James VanDemark. Previously, during her residency at Texas Christian University School of Music, Edith has also been awarded the Judith Solomon Award in Chamber Music and notably the TCU Faculty and Friends Chamber Music Award, performing with violinists Curt Thompson and Eugene Cherkasov, violist Misha Galaganov, cellist Jesús Castro-Balbi, double-bassist Yuan Xiong Lu and trumpeter Jon Burgess.
Besides her passion in piano, Edith also enjoys playing Chinese gu-zheng and Indonesian gamelan. During her spare time she enjoys cooking, baking, as well as watching movies and doing some chamber music sight-reading with her friends. Edith will be joining the 2019 cohort of The Global Leaders Program this fall, focusing on transforming lives around the world through music, cultural agency, social entrepreneurship, community development and teaching artistry.
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Stephen Cahyadi, Piano (Indonesia)
Stephen Cahyadi is the lead Suzuki Piano teacher in Indonesia. He began his piano studies at age 7, under the tutelage of Mrs. Laura Susanti Himawan, Mrs. Paula Tunggono, Mr. Soetarno Soetikno, Mrs. Latifah Kodijat, and Mr. Wei Tsin Fu.
He finished the Piano Performance and Music Pedagogy from Yayasan Pendidikan Musik Manggarai (YPM) Jakarta in 1985.
He was an accompanist to Eliata Choir (1985-1996) and Jakarta Oratorio Society (1986-2010).
He has been a piano teacher for almost 25 years when he was first introduced to Suzuki Piano Method at the end of 2009. He has completed his Suzuki Piano training under Mrs. Carmencita Arambulo.
He believes that the Suzuki Method is an effective method for teaching beginner at young age, together with their character building.