ANSON KA LIK SIN, Pianist

Anson Ka Lik Sin

Anson Ka Lik Sin is nineteen years old. A native of Hong Kong, he began studying piano at age six and violin at age twelve. At the Royal School of Music in England he passed the grade eight piano with distinction and the grade eight violin with merit. When he returned to Hong Kong, Anson was a piano accompanist and academic advisor. In 2011, he was taught in the piano master class by the great pianist Alexander Tutunov, who is widely recognized as one of the most outstanding virtuosos of the former Soviet Union. Last year he won third place in piano in the Young Artist Competition at the 61st Hong Kong Schools Music Festival.

While attending Peninsula College in Port Angeles, 2011 to 2013, he studied with Professor Kristin Quigley Brye, music director and conductor of Port Angeles Light Opera Company, and Heather Marie Ray, concertmaster in the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra. During the 2012-2013 concert season, he played in the first violin section of the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra and the Port Townsend Community Orchestra.

Currently, he is studying in the honors program at Hong Kong Baptist University for a Bachelor of Arts in music. He is also studying the piano with Mr. Cui Shi-Guang, among the greatest composers and teachers in China. (October 2013)