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Terence Young
12+ albums
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Terence Yung (born Hong Kong, China) is an award-winning classical pianist. At the age of five, Terence, who had natural perfect pitch, was found playing melodies by ear. Terence, who grew up in the United States, studied privately with Eleanor Sokoloff of the Curtis Institute of Music. He later trained at the Juilliard School pre-college program in New York City, where he was a scholarship student of Frank Lévy. He continued his studies with Abbey Simon at the University of Houston[1] in Texas on a music scholarship and Pell grant. While at the university, he taught students from families of extreme poverty at the Yellowstone Academy in the Third Ward part of Houston as part of its urban outreach initiatives. He graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts from the Department of English and a Bachelor of Music from the Moores School of Music, taking summer courses at the neighboring Houston Community College. He also took lessons with Garrick Ohlsson and Philippe Entremont Upon graduation, he worked as a translator and for a law firm in the Philadelphia metro area before enrolling at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas where he is seeking his Juris Doctor degree. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
