Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, Esther Budiardjo [piano] received the Doctorate degree and the Presidential Scholar Award from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She won first prize at the 1996 William Kapell International Piano Competition in Maryland, was awarded top prizes at the 1993 Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition, and in 1998 and 2000, at the Palm Beach Invitational International Piano Competition in Florida. Ms. Budiardjo toured Southeast Asia as a solo recitalist, and has given recitals in Lincoln Center in New York City, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Jordan Hall in Boston, le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, and the Harmony Hall in Matsumoto, Japan. She has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Boston Philharmonic, the Omaha Symphony, and the Belgian National Orchestra. In North America, National Public Radio and CBC Radio have featured her performances in their broadcasts. Her interpretations of Mendelssohn's music in her debut recording prompted the following statement from American Record Guide, “Mendelssohn's piano works were always wonderfully crafted, and when they are played as well as this, they are endlessly enjoyable.” Ms. Budiardjo currently resides in Vancouver, Canada.
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