At the age of five, Yung was found playing melodies by ear.
20 Facts About Terence Yung
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Terence Yung, who grew up in the United States, studied privately with Eleanor Sokoloff of the Curtis Institute of Music.
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Terence Yung later trained at the Juilliard School pre-college program in New York City, where he was a scholarship student of Frank Levy and Martin Canin.
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Terence Yung continued his studies with Abbey Simon at the University of Houston in Texas on a music scholarship and Pell grant.
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Terence Yung holds the prestigious Diplome from the Academie internationale d'ete de Nice in France, where he studied with Michel Beroff and Philippe Entremont.
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Terence Yung was called to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, England as an Associate Member in 2022.
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Terence Yung holds course certificates from the SDA Bocconi School of Management, the University of Pennsylvania, as well as Yale University, where his teachers included Akhil Reed Amar, Ian Shapiro, Ian Ayres, Barry Nalebuff, Robert Shiller, Paul Bloom, Andrew Metrick, and former United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner.
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Terence Yung has appeared as a recitalist, chamber-musician, and soloist with orchestras throughout the United States including performances in Philadelphia, New York City, Seattle, and Houston, as well as abroad in Spain and France.
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Terence Yung made his first public appearance at the age of 6.
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Terence Yung has appeared at a number of international music festivals including the Puigcerda International Music Festival, the International Keyboard Institute and Festival at Mannes College, the Seattle International Piano Festival, and the International Piano Festival in Houston.
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Terence Yung has been the subject of a number of interviews by Ming Pao Daily News and Global Chinese Times as well as French Public News as an outstanding young talent from Hong Kong.
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Mr Terence Yung has been an advocate for the education and outreach of classical music.
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Terence Yung is affiliated with Sing For Hope, volunteering with its Healing Arts initiative to bring the gift of music to doctors and patients at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
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In 2010, Terence Yung was selected as a Young Steinway Artist.
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Terence Yung is the grandson of Terence Yung Yi-Yin, a prominent educationalist who was headmaster of several Government primary schools in Hong Kong.
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In 1980, the elder Terence Yung was awarded a Medal of Honour for valuable services rendered by him to Hong Kong by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which was presented to him before an audience by the 25th Governor of Hong Kong Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch.
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Terence Yung has made some donations to Republicans, most notably Governor of Texas Greg Abbott.
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Terence Yung was a member of the Federalist Society from 2015 to 2016 and from 2020 to 2021.
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Terence Yung made headlines when he pled guilty to cyberstalking an admissions interviewer during a personal and artistic crisis after being rejected from Georgetown University Law Center, despite having good grades and strong test scores.
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Terence Yung was sentenced to 46 months in jail for the incident.