Ariya Laothitipong

Biography

Ariya gained international recognition as the first Thai winner of the 5th International Franz Liszt Competition for Young Pianists in Weimar, Germany. She later won Second Prize (no First Prize was awarded), as well as the Press Prize and the Audience Prize, at the Liszt Competition in Enschede, the Netherlands, and Third Prize at the Nashville International Chopin Competition. She is a prizewinner of competitions across Japan, Korea, Germany, the Netherlands, Thailand, England, Malaysia, Canada, and the United States, and made her Carnegie Hall debut at the age of ten. Most recently, Ariya took part in the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Upon graduating from the University of Michigan, she was awarded the Earl V. Moore Award for outstanding achievement in music. She is currently pursuing a Master of Music degree at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where she studies with Jon Kimura Parker.