Chih-Long Hu's performance career was launched after receiving honors including the Taipei National Con-cert Hall Arising Star, the Chi-Mei Artist Award, and prizes from the Mauro Monopoli International Piano Competition in Italy, the Concurs International De Piano D'Escaldes-Engordany in Andorra, the Takamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, and San Jose International Piano Competition in California. As an active performer, Hu performs extensively in Asia, Europe, and America appearing as a concerto soloist, re-citalist, and chamber musician. Hu's performances have been broadcast in "Performance Today" through NPR stations across the U.S. and other countries. His CD albums "Formosa Caprices", "Complete Rach-maninov Etudes-Tableaux", and "Goldberg Variations" have received critical acclaims

    Recipient of the UT Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Award and named "Teacher of the Year" by Ten-nessee Music Teachers Association, Knoxville Music Teachers Associations, and Appalachian Music Teachers Association. Hu has served as the Artistic Director of St. Andrews Piano Academy and Festival In-ternational in New Brunswick, Canada. Hu holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance from the University of Michigan, a Master's degree from Taipei National University of the Arts, and a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University. His piano teachers include Arthur Greene, Hung-Kuan Chen, and Tai-Cheng Chen. Hu is currently the Sandra G. Powell Endowed Professor of Piano and the keyboard area coordinator at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.