Dang
Thai Son

The vietnamese-canadian pianiste Dang Thai Son was propelled to the forefront of the musical world in October 1980, when he was awarded the Gold Medal at the Xth International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Since then, he performed in over forty countries with numerous world-class orchestras such as the BBC Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, St-Petersburg Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Warsaw National Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Russian National Symphony, as well as Virtuosi of Moscow,
Vienna Chamber, Royal Swedish Chamber Orchestras, and the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris under the direction of Sir Neville Marriner, Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Pinchas Zukerman, Pavvo Jarvi, Frans Brüggen, and John Nelson among others. Other career highlights include a New Year’s Day concert (1995) with Yo Yo Ma,
Seiji Ozawa, Kathleen Battle in a major international event produced by the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation NHK. On Chopin’s 200^th birthday, he played the F minor Concerto at the Chopin Competition Gala Concert in Warsaw.

Since 2001, he teaches as Guest Professor at the Université de Montréal. He has sat on the juries of prestigious competitions such as the Warsaw International Chopin Piano Competition (Poland), Cleveland International Piano Competition (USA), Clara Haskil (Switzerland), Arthur Rubinstein (Israel), and Sendai (Japan). Dang Thai Son has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, Melodya, Polskie Nagrania, CBS Sony, Analekta, Victor JVC, and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.