Chang Tao 張韜

Chang Tao studied piano with Sequeira Costa, hailed as the heir to the last student of Liszt. He was the first Asian to win the Vianna da Motta International Piano Competition, and the first winner of the Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition. Chang has performed numerous solo and chamber recitals in the Slovak Republic the Czech Republic, France, Austria, Hungary, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, China, Brazil, Portugal and the United States. In the fall of 1998, he played three debut recitals at Carnegie Hall in New York, Wigmore Hall in London and at the Salle Pleyel in Paris.

He has given masterclasses regularly and has been on the Judge Panel for MTAC in California for many years. He had also served on the Associate Faculty at Irvine Valley College, as well as the Artist / Teacher at the International Institute for Young Musicians Academy. He had been on the Piano faculty at Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles from 2006 to 2019. Currently, he serves as Senior Lecturer (Keyboard) at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

張韜師從被譽為李斯特嫡系傳人的鋼琴大師塞凱拉，哥斯達（葡萄牙著名鋼琴魏亞納・達・莫達之弟子），承襲了深厚的浪漫派演奏傳統。張韜於國際樂壇屢獲殊榮，成為首位亞洲音樂家榮膺魏亞納•達．莫達國際鋼琴大賽冠軍，並同時獲得蕭邦夜曲最佳演奏獎。此外，他亦於約翰．尼波默克．胡梅爾國際鋼琴大賽中奪冠，並獲頒胡梅爾作品最佳演繹獎，彰顯其對古典與浪漫樂派作品的深刻理解。

1998 年，相繼於紐約卡內基音樂廳、倫敦威格摩爾音樂廳及巴黎普萊耶音樂廳舉行獨奏會，展現其卓越的藝術造詣與國際舞台魅力。翌年，葡萄牙 VMF 唱片公司為其發行首張個人專輯《張韜音樂會》，進一步見證其藝術成就。其傑出表現亦獲《中國當代藝術家傳記》收錄，成為中國音樂領域的代表人物之一。

張韜自九歲起接受鋼琴訓練，1992年以優異成績畢業於香港演藝學院，獲高等文憑。其後獲香港賽馬會獎學金資助，赴美國堪薩斯大學攻讀碩士及博士學位，持續深化其音樂學養與演奏技術。除了活躍於演奏舞台，張韜亦致力於鋼琴教育，教學成果斐然。現任香港演藝學院鍵盤樂系高級講師，持續培育新一代音樂人才。