Crystal Su

Born in January 2004 in Melbourne, Florida, Crystal Su moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with her family at two years old. She started playing piano at five years old. In the same year, after several month’s practice, she won the first place (the highest possible) prize, in the state-wide Oklahoma Music Teacher Association (OMTA) piano competition. She won two more first place prizes in the OMTA piano competitions during the next two years.
Crystal moved to Livingston, NJ, with her family at seven years old. She took piano lessons from a renowned professional piano teacher, Mrs. Alla Iovel.
In 2011-2015, Crystal competed at the Crescendo International Competitions and received two first prizes, and three grand prizes. She was invited to Carnegie Hall to perform as a VIP member. She performed at Carnegie Hall for over ten times.
In those same years, she also competed at Little Mozart International Competition and received all grand prizes.
In June 2014, Crystal was awarded the 2014 class musical award (the sole winner) from her school - Harrison Elementary School in Livingston, NJ.
In the summer of 2014, Crystal participated in the Students Exchange Program sponsored by the Crescendo International Competition committee. She traveled to Boston, MA,to perform in Rockport Shalin Liu Performance Center and also in a musical center in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She received valuable master classes from the achieved pianist Ms. Tanya Schwartzman.
Later in 2014, Crystal received highly valuable master classes from the world renowned Professor Igor Lebedev who praised Crystal for her rarely-seen talent in piano performance.
In June 2015, at the age of 11, Crystal performed at her first solo piano concert at Caldwell University in Caldwell, NJ. Her hour-long non-stop professional level performance captured every audience and was a total success. She played eight complex and difficult pieces.
In the summer of 2015, Crystal participated in the Students Exchange Program sponsored by the Crescendo International Competition committee. She traveled to central California to perform at several world class musical centers. She was one of the two outstanding piano performers to win the musical scholarship from Crescendo International Competition committee.
Later in 2015, Crystal again won the grand prize from the Crescendo International Competition. In February 2016, she was invited to perform at the Carnegie Hall. Regarded as the best performer, Crystal was arranged for the last performance of the program.
In March 2016, Crystal competed at the Manchester Community Music School (MCMS) in Manchester, NH, and won the first place prize (the sole winner).
Also in March 2016, Crystal was selected to participate in the global musical competition sponsored by Great Composer Competition (GCC) and won 2nd prize and two 3rd prizes.
Later in March 2016, Crystal again won the grand prize from the Little Mozarts International Competitions held at Caldwell University in Caldwell, NJ.
In April 2016, Crystal competed at the 2016 Young Pianist Competition sponsored by Steinway Society of South Jersey. She won the invitation to the 2016 Finals and Winners Concert held at Stockton University in Galloway, NJ. In May 2016, Crystal competed at the 2016 Finals and Winners Concert and was selected the runner-up from the Junior Division.
In July 2016, Crystal participated in the Students Exchange Program sponsored by the Crescendo International Competition committee. She traveled to Toronto, Canada, to perform at Toronto University. She won for the second time the musical scholarship from Crescendo International Competition committee.
Crystal also plays the viola. She enthusiastically loves music and devotes a lot of her time in honing her music skills.

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