Piano Masterclass & Talk with Mr Loo Bang Hean

This workshop is designed to provide practical insights into effective learning, essential repertoire, and technical development for piano students.

📅 Date: 27 May 2026🕰️ Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm📍Venue: Juliette Music & Arts Academyhttps://g.co/kgs/BMpkRVh

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About Mr Loo Bang Hean

Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, Bang Hean was the winner of the First National Mozart Piano Competition in 1987, and two years later a scholarship from ABRSM the music examination board enabled him to study at the Royal College of Music (RCM), London.

Bang Hean’s early teachers in Malaysia include Serena Chow and Rickie Oui, while in England he studied with Yonty Solomon, John Blakely and Dennis Lee. He won numerous prizes at the RCM, and upon graduating received awards from the Anthony Saltmarsh Prize and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust to undertake postgraduate studies with the Hungarian teacher Professor Ilonka Deckers in Milan, Italy.

Since his return to Malaysia Bang Hean has made regular appearances in solo recitals, chamber concerts as well as concerto performances. He has appeared in most major concert venues in Malaysia and has been featured as a soloist with various local orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO). An active chamber musician, he collaborates frequently with various instrumentalists and vocalists and has been a frequent guest pianist at MPO’s chamber concerts. Bang Hean has also performed abroad in countries such as England, Italy, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Cambodia and Korea. 

Bang Hean is an adjunct lecturer at the Institute of Music, UCSI University, and is often invited to adjudicate, present talks and conduct masterclasses both locally and internationally. He has taken up roles as an artistic consultant as well as the head of jury to festivals and competitions around the region, whilst various tertiary music institutions frequently engage him to be their external examiner. His students have won prizes and scholarships both locally and abroad, and many of them have gone on to embark on successful music careers. 

As an educator, Bang Hean has presented extensively for the ABRSM examination board, with seminar tours bringing him to various parts of Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Middle East and India. In 2020 he recorded teaching videos featuring 108 exam pieces (2021-2022) for ABRSM’s webinar series, viewed by teachers all around the world. He is regularly invited to conduct pedagogical seminars around Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and China.