Roger Shen, piano

Roger Shen, 14, is an 8th grader at Northbrook Junior High. When he was a young boy, his parents often took him to concerts, which sparked his interest to learn more about classical music. He began his piano studies at age seven and is currently a student of Sueanne Metz. At age nine, he gave his first public performance at the Parisian Salon Concert Series, held at the Northbrook Public Library. In the past three years, Roger has participated in several local, national, and international competitions. He has won many junior first place awards including the 2012 Music Teachers National Association Illinois junior competition; the Bradshaw & Buono International Competition; the Aloha International Piano Competition in Honolulu, Hawaii; the American Fine Arts Festival; and the Chicago Steinway Young Artist Competition. He has also been awarded prizes from the Society of American Musicians, Walgreens National Concerto Competition, Sejong Music Competition, Chopin Youth Piano Competition, and NSMTA Summer Music Scholarship. This summer he won first place at the Aloha International Piano Concerto Competition in Hawaii; the winner, will perform Rachmaninoff's Piano