Local piano wunderkind Jessie M. has become the newest member of the Young Steinway Artist community.
An initiative from the renowned German-American piano company Steinway & Sons, the Young Steinway Artist programme grants an exclusive group of young musicians the status of being affiliated with the Steinway Artist family.
The programme also lets inductees tap on Steinway & Sons' global resources as well as its network of dealers.
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Jessie, who began playing the piano when she was four, emerged as the Grand Prize recipient at the 2018 edition of the Steinway Youth Piano Competition, becoming the youngest musician to do so.
In her career, the 16-year-old has also clinched prizes at events such as the Lang Lang Futian International Piano Competition, UCSI International Piano Festival and Competition, and the National Piano and Violin Competition and performed at New York's Carnegie Hall and the Paris Opera Bastille.
Her other noteworthy achievements to date include being featured in the 2014 iteration of President's Star Charity as well as in Singapore's SG50 celebrations.
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The news of Jessie's addition to the Young Steinway Artist community comes just a month before her debut recital, Dark Stories, at the Victoria Concert Hall on 19 March. Presented by Steinway Gallery Singapore, the event will see the pianist perform works by Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, William Bolcom, and more.
Tickets to Dark Stories are now available from $18 via SISTIC.
Watch Jessie M.'s performance of 'Bach-Busoni Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004' here:
