Jackson Leung, D.M.A.

Jackson Leung is Coordinator of Keyboard Studies and Director of the Chamber Orchestra at Wright State University. In addition to attaining the L.R.S.M. performance diploma from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, England. Dr. Leung received his degrees in piano performance from Hong Kong Baptist University, Temple University, and the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.

Jackson Leung was first-prize winner in the Missouri Southern International Piano Competition, the second-prize winner in the Young Keyboard Artists Association International Piano Competition, and the "Albert Roussel" Prize at the École Normale de Musique, Paris, as well as the “Conductor of Exceptional Merit” Award at the International Repertoire Workshop for Orchestral Conductors in the Czech Republic.

As a soloist and duo pianists with his wife, Dr. Benita Tse-Leung, he has performed throughout the U.S. and abroad, including France, Spain, Japan, United Kingdom, Canada, Bermuda, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, and numerous other cities in China. The duo was awarded first prize in the Teacher Duo Division at the Ohio Music Teachers Association Graves Competition in Columbus in 1996 and 1998. Their CD, entitled “Danzas,” was released in the summer of 2001.

As a teacher he has produced student winners at numerous state, regional, national, and international competitions. As a conductor, he has guest conducted the Pan Asia Symphony, Hrádec Králove Philharmonic, Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic (Czech Republic), the Hong Kong Children’s Symphony Orchestra, and the Seven Hills Sinfonietta. A CD recording with the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic of works by Shostakovich, Debussy, Piazzolla, and Barber will be released by Centaur Records.

Leung has also led Wright State University Orchestras in performances throughout the Miami Valley and at the Ohio Music Education Association Professional Conferences in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005. Leung is an artist faculty at the International Institute for Young Musicians at the University of Kansas.