Heidi Hau

Biography

Hailed by critics as having a “keyboard touch both weighty and delicate…with a dynamic range that encompasses a wealth of details”, Heidi Hau has performed in recital venues throughout the world including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Wiener Saal in Salzburg, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Concert Hall and the John Field Room in Dublin and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing.  She has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Palo Alto Philharmonic, Peninsula Symphony, American Philharmonic, Redwood Symphony, Stanford University Orchestra, Monterey Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.  Upcoming performances include repeat engagements with the Monterey Symphony and the Peninsula Symphony.

A prize laureate in several international competitions, Ms. Hau graduated from Stanford University and was one of eight recipients awarded the Deans’ Award for Academic Excellence.  While there, she founded the Stanford Music Society Piano Competition, which brought classical music into the classrooms of underprivileged schools.  She was also selected nationally as one of the two recipients of the Fulbright Scholarship for graduate study in Ireland.  She received her Masters degree with a First Class Honors at the Royal Irish Academy of Music under the director, Dr. John O’Conor. 

Currently, she is the Artistic Director of the Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition of the Peninsula Symphony, a competition featuring talented young pianists, held annually at Stanford University.  She also coordinates the Peninsula Symphony’s Bridges to Music program which brings classical music into the classrooms of Bay Area elementary schools.  Each workshop, attended by 150 4th- 5th grade students features performances by the Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition finalists and gives children an intimate look into the world of classical music.  She is the host of an eight-part TV series documenting the annual Young Musicians Competition which was aired on Peninsula TV channel 26. 

She is a member of the piano faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  Her students have won both national and international piano competitions.  More information can be found on her website www.heidihau.com