Shao Suan LOW is an award-winning classically-trained pianist and self-taught composer from Singapore. She has won prizes at international piano competitions and she has performed as soloist numerous times with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra under the batons of Maestros Choo Hoey, Lim Yau, Shui Lan, Lü Jia, Darrell Ang and Joshua Tan.
As a chamber musician, Shao Suan has worked with prominent musicians from all over the world such as trumpeter, Joe Burgstaller, tubist, Øystein Baadsvik, and saxophonist, Claude Delangle, just to name a few.
As a songwriter, a handful of Shao Suan’s songs have been sung by Asian pop singers such as Taiwanese actress-singer, Vivian Hsu, and Korean-Japanese singer, mink.
As a composer, her original compositions have won international awards and are being performed worldwide. Shao Suan and and her twin sister, Shao Ying’s joint debut album, “Romance in the City”, featuring their original compositions, received the “2014 Artistic Performance Album of the Year” award at the “10th Hi-fi Album Awards 2014” in Guangzhou, China. The sisters released their second album, “Music Diaries”, featuring their original chamber music works, in 2015, and third album, “Summer Vacation”, featuring their original solo piano works in May 2020. “Summer Vacation” has appeared as no. 1 on iTunes’ “Top Classical Music Albums Charts”. Their music has been aired on American and Canadian radio stations as well as on local classical radio station, Symphony 92.4FM.
Shao Suan is a published composer with world-renowned Viennese music publisher, Universal Edition. She is also a member of the Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS), as well as a co-founder of local chamber ensemble, Ensemble de la Belle Musique (www.ebmusique.com). Please visit her website at https://www.lowshaosuan.com/ for more information.