Sandra Wright Shen has been described as a classical "pianist of the first order" and a "heartstopping beauty". With her passion, musicality, and inspiration, she aims to move hearts through music.
Sandra has appeared at the Kennedy Music Center in DC, the Chicago Cultural Center, Monte Carlo Opera House, the Frankfurt Cultural Center in Germany, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, and the Taiwan National Concert Hall. Sandra just won first prize in the 2012 International Piano Competition of France. She also won first prizes in the 1997 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, the Mieczyslaw Munz Piano Competition, the Taiwan National Piano Competition, and the Peabody Frances M. Wentz Memorial Prize.
She has recorded 3 CDs, debuting with her Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto. Sandra received her BM and MM in Piano Performance from the Peabody Conservatory, under Ann Schein. She has also trained with Zalina Gurevich, Oleg Barsov and Thomas Laratta. Sandra currently teaches at the Brevard Music Institute, and previously taught at Southern Illinois University. Sandra is a Steinway Artist.Mixing music and philanthropy, Sandra has played benefit concerts for disaster victims, foster children, and music education. An ambassador of classical music, Sandra filmed a 4-part series titled "The Movements of the Master Pianists" for Hong Kong TV. She also hosted a classical radio program in Taiwan. Because of her ability to touch people's hearts with music, and through her sweet, positive spirit, audiences throughout the world have declared her "an angel".