- Holds a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from New York University
- Won prizes at the Steinway & Sons International and Osaka International competitions
- Taught piano as adjunct faculty at NYU Steinhardt
Biography
Melodie has performed in venues from the New York National Opera Center to Showa Academia Musicae in Tokyo. She has won prizes at the 71st Steinway & Sons International Piano Competition and the 14th Osaka International Music Competition, and took a Special Jury Prize at the Japan–Hong Kong International Music Competition.
She completed her master’s degree at NYU with Eteri Andjaparidze as a Dorothy Morse Scholarship recipient and Hong Kong Scholar. As a child she trained in piano, voice and cello at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
In New York she taught more than 80 undergraduates one to one at NYU Steinhardt and managed The Piano School of NYC in Manhattan. Today she lives in Hong Kong, where she performs as a soloist and accompanist and writes her own music.
