Professor
Piano
Contact Information
Cogswell 216
724-357-2393
Courses
Applied Piano
Class Piano
Piano Ensemble
Degrees
DMA, The Juilliard School
MM, Indiana University
BM, University of Auckland
Performers Licentiate, Trinity College of London
Biography
A native of New Zealand, Henry Wong Doe received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano from the Juilliard School in New York, as well as a master's degree from Indiana University Bloomington. Prior to his studies in the United States, Henry received his undergraduate degree from the University of Auckland, as well as a performer's licentiate from the Trinity College of London. Henry is currently professor of Piano and Keyboard Area chair at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, teaching both applied and class piano.
Henry has been a prizewinner of several international piano competitions, including the Sydney (2000), Rubinstein (Tel Aviv, Israel 2001), Busoni (Bolzano, Italy 2002), and World (Cincinnati, 2007). He has performed in major concert halls around the world, including Lincoln Center, New York; Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh; Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, and the Sydney Opera House. In November 2008, he made his debut at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, performing solo and interactive works for piano and computer-controlled piano. This recital was the culmination of his research for his doctoral dissertation "Musician or Machine: The Influence of the Player-Piano and Composers of the Twentieth Century."
Henry's debut album Horizon (Trust Records, 2012) of piano and chamber works by New Zealand composer Gareth Farr, was featured on New York's WNYC radio New Sounds program.His second solo recording,Landscape Preludes(Rattle Records, 2014), received a 5 star rating inThe New Zealand Heraldand a9/10 rating by New York music critic Jed Distler (Classics Todaymagazine). His latest album, Pictures (Rattle Records, 2017), features Mussorgsky'sPictures at an Exhibitionand a newly commissioned work, a zigzagged gaze, by New Zealand composer Eve de Castro-Robinson. Henry was awarded sabbatical leave from IUP as well as an arts grant from Creative NZ (Arts Council of New Zealand) to record the album. Pictures was included in the New Zealand Herald's Top Ten Classical CDs for 2017.
An avid collaborator as well as solo musician, Henry works closely with violinist and fellow Juilliard graduate Eugenia Choi. Together, they were prize winners at the 2004 Swedish International Duo Competition. Henry is also a member of the IUP faculty ensemble Keystone Chamber Players; in 2013 they released their debut disc Five in the Sun on the Klavier label (K 11193). Henry enjoys working with dancers, having collaborated twice with the acclaimed Complexions Contemporary Ballet company at the Joyce Theater in New York City.
Henry has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Australian Chamber, and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestras, and worked with conductors Christopher Hogwood, Michael Christie, Edvard Tchivzel, and Marko Letonja. His prize-winning performances at the 2000 Sydney International Piano Competition were recorded and released on ABC Classics.
In addition to the piano, Henry studied French Horn during his undergraduate studies in New Zealand and was a member of the New Zealand National Youth Orchestra.