劉孟捷│鋼琴
出生於高雄的鋼琴家劉孟捷，曾於1993年以柯蒂斯音樂學院學生之姿，代替鋼琴大師安德烈．瓦茲於費城音樂廳演出，贏得高度讚賞。蒸蒸日上演奏事業，雖被一場突如其來的罕見疾病中斷，劉憑著堅毅的決心，在嚴酷的物理治療後奇蹟似的恢復健康，繼續活耀在演奏舞台上。浴火重生之後，除了以獨奏家的姿態演出，亦與克里斯托夫．艾森巴赫、古斯塔夫．杜達美、艾倫．吉伯特等知名指揮合作，且於2008年獲選為中華民國第四十六屆十大傑出青年，肯定他在音樂藝術上的成就。劉孟捷於2002年於獲頒艾維理費雪職業大賞及費城音樂基金會職業成就獎，演出行腳遍及美國各大城市、台、港、日、韓、中、英、法、西、紐、澳等地，自1993年開始任教於柯蒂斯音樂院，2006年受邀至芝加哥羅斯福大學擔任鋼琴教授，並將在2014年秋天加入新英格蘭音樂學院的師資陣容。
MENG-CHIEH LIU│ piano
Accept by The Curtis Institute at age thirteen, Meng-Chieh Liu first made headlines in 1993 when he substituted at last minute’s notice for André Watts at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The concert earned high acclaim and brought a stellar beginning to his career, which was abruptly halted by a rare and debilitating illness. With arduous determination and relentless physical therapy, Mr. Liu has been restored to full health and is now once again performing on the concert stage. Since then, he has performed throughout the world as a soloist in recitals and with orchestras under conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Gustavo Dudamel and Alan Gilbert. In 2002, Liu received the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Philadelphia Musical Fund Society Career Advancement Award in recognition of his achievement. Liu has served at The Curtis Institute of Music since 1993, invited to teach at Roosevelt University in 2006, and in the Fall of 2014, will join the faculty at the New England Conservatory.
