Sandra Wright Shen, piano

Sandra Wright Shen has been described as a classical "pianist of the first order.” She has appeared at the Kennedy Music Center in Washington DC, the Chicago Cultural Center, Monte Carlo Opera House, Granada International Music Festival, Frankfurt Cultural Center in Germany, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, China, Taiwan National Concert Hall, Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina, and Masterworks Music Festival in Cedarville, Ohio.

Sandra won first prize in the 2012 International Piano Competition of France. She also won first prizes in the 1997 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, the Mieczyslaw Munz Piano Competition, the Taiwan National Piano Competition, and the Peabody Frances M. Wentz Memorial Prize.

She has recorded 3 CDs, debuting with Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto. Sandra received her bachelor of music and master of music in piano performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, under Ann Schein. She has also trained with Zalina Gurevich, Oleg Barsov and Thomas Laratta. She is on the piano faculty at the Brevard Music Festival, was Distinguished Visiting Professor at Furman University, and former piano faculty at Southern Illinois University. Sandra is a Steinway Artist.

Mixing music and philanthropy, Sandra has played benefit concerts for disaster victims, foster children, and music education. She is Honorary Advisor for Young Music Foundation and board member for Coland Foundation. An ambassador of classical music, Sandra filmed a 4-part series titled "The Movements of the Master Pianists" for Hong Kong TV and "Inspiration From Above" for US CreationTV. She also hosted a classical radio program in Taiwan.