EVENTS and CONCERTS - 2024 - 2025!

24 May: Singapore Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore

25 May: Malaysia Permaisuri Zarith Sofiah Opera House, Malaysia

26 May: Masterclasses, Malaysia

29 May: Taipei National Concert Hall, Taiwan

01 June: Kaohsiung Weiwuying Concert Hall, Taiwan

02 June: Hanoi Opera House, Vietnam

03 June: Concert Hall at Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, Vietnam

05 June: Taichung National Taichung Theater Playhouse, Taiwan 

06 June: Taipei National Concert Hall, Taiwan

08 June: Recital in Daegu, South Korea

09 June: Recital in Seoul Art Center, South Korea

10 June: MasterClasses in Seoul, South Korea

14 June: Tokyo Suntory Hall with Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra, Japan

17 June: Recital in Hamamatsu, Japan

22 June: Recital in Kita-Kyushu, Japan

23 June: Recital in Kirishima, Japan

25 June: Recital in Tokyo Kioi Hall, Japan

28 June: Special Concert in Tokyo Musashino Hall, Japan

30 June: Recital in Okazaki, Japan

11-14 July: Kawai Masterclasses in Dallas, USA

15-18 July: Masterclasses “Morningside Music Bridge “ in Boston, USA

21 July until 2 August: Masterclasses “PianoIsland “ in Jakarta, Indonesia

4-11 August: Judging at Ettlingen International Piano Competition, Germany

14 August: Festival “La Roque d’Antheron’’, France

17 August: Festival de la Haute Clarée, Névache ,France

30 August: Festival “Chopin and his Europe “ Warsaw, Poland

21 December: Soloist with the Sun Symphony, Ho Guom Concert Hall, Hanoi

8 January 2025: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris, France)

9 January 2025: Auditorium du Conservatoire (Nantes, France)

11 January 2025: Salle Moliere (Lyon, France)

14 January 2025: Auditorium Darius Milhaud (Aix-en-Provence, France)

16 & 17 January 2025: Societe des Arts (Geneva, Switzerland)

Photo: Hirotoshi Sato

News & Noteworthy:

In December of 2023, Dang Thai Son received the Honorary Professor title by the Shanghai National Conservatory of Music.

Dang Thai Son received the Gold Medal "Zasluzony Kulturze Gloria Artis" (Medal for Merit to Culture) from the Ministry of Culture of Poland. This is the highest level of distinction awarded to people for their distinguished contributions to Polish culture and national heritage. What an extraordinary news and humbling honor for DTS whose career has been dedicated to music of Chopin and recently music of Paderewski!

Dang Thai Son joint the piano faculty at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in the Fall of 2018 - one of the most prestigious music schools in the United States. Click here to read more about this exciting announcement from the Oberlin Conservatory newsletter.

Two CDs released in 2017: Schubert solo in May (by JVC in Japan) and Paderewski in October with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Vladimir Ashkenazy (by the Chopin Institute in Poland.)
Click here for more details.

Mr. Dang is the winner of the Prix Opus (equivalent of a Grammy Award in Quebec, Canada) in the 2016 "Concert of the Year" category for his concert presented by the Fondation Arte Musica at the Musee de Beaux Arts' Bourgie Hall in Montreal, Canada.

Re-release in 2015 by Deutsche Grammophon of Dang Thai Son's performances of Chopin as part of the 11-CD box set "Great Chopin Pianists."

Became the Faculty member of the prestigious Lac Como International Piano Academy, both in Italy and its new open branch in Oberlin Conservatory ,USA.

Watch this gripping trailer of "The Cannon and the Flower", a feature length documentary produced by Story4. This documentary tells the story of Dang Thai Son and his mother, Madame Thai Thi Lien, and about their passion for music that transcended all odds.

Following are some selections from Dang Thai Son's performance in the 1980 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw:

Chopin Etude in F Major Op.10, No.8

Chopin Etude in g-sharp minor Op.25, No.6

Chopin Etude in a minor Op.25, No.4

Chopin Nocturne in E Major, Op.62, No.2

Chopin Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op.60

Chopin Scherzo in b-flat minor, Op. 31, No. 2