| Charlie Liu's: | Homepage | News & Blog | Biography | Events | Multimedia | Guestbook | Contact |
| Date | Type | Venue | Details |
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| 2011/03 | Hockey | Ralph, NJ | Charlie's hockey team lost in the NJ Playoff Championship game and won Runners-Up for the NJ Playoff Championship. Read more about it here |
| 2011/03 | Hockey | NJ | Charlie's hockey team, Princeton Tigers Squirts B, just became the NJ Regular Season Champions in the Squirts Patrick Division! Read more about it here |
| 2011/01 | Piano | The Andersen School, NYC | Charlie performs to hundreds of school kids with other Lang Lang Foundation Scholars and Lang Lang himself! Read more about it here |
| 2010/11 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie performs to help Recording for Blind & Dislexic's fundraiser. Read more about it here |
| 2010/11 | Piano | Freehold, NJ | Charlie wins 2nd place at the SMEA's Distinguished Artist Competition, a competition with high-school-age competitors. Read more about it here |
| 2010/11 | Piano | Westminster Choir College | Charlie wins 2nd place at NJMTA piano competition again. Read more about it here |
| 2010/10 | Piano | Westminster Choir College | Charlie wins Cecilian Music Club competition again, to perform at the Alice Tully Hall of the Lincoln Center! Read more about it here |
| 2010/10 | Piano | Institute for Music and Neurologic Function | Charlie helps out by performing to the patients, doctors, visitors at IMNF for an important event. Read more about it here |
| 2010/06 | Piano | Millstone River School | Charlie gives a solo recital for all 4th grader and teachers of his school - everyone including Charlie enjoyed it tremendously! Read more about it here |
| 2010/05 | Piano | Chinese Consulate in NYC | Charlie performs to help celebrate International Children's Day with many American families who adopted Chinese orphans. Read more about it here |
| 2010/04 | Other | Millstone River School | Charlie performs for the Peaceful School International's convention held at his school. Read more about it here |
| 2010/04 | Piano | Westminster Choir College | Charlie wins NJMTA's High Honors 3 years in a row. Read more about it here |
| 2010/03 | Piano | Youtube | "Young Artists for Haiti" project video recorded over 11000 hits, 350 ratings, 215 comments 3 weeks after its release. Not bad for a classical music video by a grassroots project, but we could use every bit of your help to spread the word and have people know and help the young artists' humanitarian quest!! If you could, please help out by spreading the world about our "Young Artists for Haiti" project. |
| 2010/03 | Piano | Princeton | Charlie to give his first benefit solo recital on March 27, 3 pm, in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton (50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, NJ). It is to benefit the preemies like Charlie himself and ALL donations will be directed to the hospital where Charlie was born (the Liu family will shoulder all recital costs). Please come and help Charlie's charity endeavor! The press release is here |
| 2010/03 | Piano | Princeton | Charlie was interviewed by West Windsor-Plainsboro Newspaper WWPinfo for the "Young Artists for Haiti" project and his upcoming March 27 benefit solo recital in Princeton. You can read it online here (last page feature article). We appreciate the chance to talk it up about Charlie's charity projects to have more people helping out! |
| 2010/03 | Piano | Princeton | Charlie was interviewed by West Windsor-Plainsboro Cable TV for the "Young Artists for Haiti" project and his upcoming March 27 benefit solo recital in Princeton. If you're in WWP district, you can watch him at 10:07 am, 2:36 pm, 7:07 pm and 11:36 pm on Comcast Channel 3 and Verizon Channel 26, plainsboro; For West Windsor it's 9:30 am, 2:22 pm, 6:30 pm, 11:22 pm Comcast Channel 27 and Verizon Channel 42. We appreciate the chance to talk it up about Charlie's charity projects to have more people helping out! |
| 2010/03 | Piano | Youtube | "Young Artists for Haiti" project released its video on Youtube! Read our news release here |
| 2010/02 | Piano | Princeton | Yasemin Watkins - Charlie's hockey teammate's mom who love Charlie's talented and offerred a lot of help - helped Liu family connect to the Red Cross for setting up donation page at the American Red Cross site for the "Young Artists for Haiti" project. We officially named our project "Young Artists for Haiti" on Feb. 11 in our application to the Red Cross. About a week later, another Canadian project released a news release about their pending release of a song, and they happen to call themselves "Young Artists for Haiti" too! What a coincidence! |
| 2010/02 | Piano | Princeton | D2creative president John Lau, who loved Charlie's performances and talent, decided to donate their service to edit and compile the "Young Artists for Haiti" project video after talking with the Liu family. It's no easy task - you have to normalize audio, understand multiple language and pick good points to cut/paste to compile video, convert many different formats/codecs/framerates, do video scripting, overlay other images/captions, just to name some major and minor issues. They've done a fantastic job, look at the final video here for yourself! Thank you D2creative for the wonderful job and the selfless act!! |
| 2010/02 | Piano | Present Day Club | Charlie performs a solo recital to a full-capacity crowd at Present Day Club. Everyone loved his performance! |
| 2010/01 | Piano | Princeton | Charlie and Liu family created the "Young Artists for Haiti" project where the top young pianists from 7 countries and 4 continents perform together virtually to help raise awareness and donations for Haiti earthquake relief efforts. The Liu family laid down step-by-step plan and started inviting participants (which includes such world famous young musicians like Marc Yu, George Li and many more. Read here) and connecting with volunteers who knew the family through Charlie. Read about it here. |
| 2009/12 | Piano | The Murdochs | Wendi Murdoch, wife of News Corp founder Ruper Murdoch and who loved Charlie's playing, helps Charlie out by having him perform for Queen Rania of Jordan, Bono and Hugh Jackman! |
| 2009/12 | Piano | Bristol Chapel, Princeton | Charlie performs on his teacher Ingrid Clarfield's student recital. |
| 2009/11 | Hockey | BSA Ice Arena | Charlie's hockey team, the Princeton Squirts Orange team, just won the Thanksgiving Hockey Tournament with 4 straight wins! Read about it here. |
| 2009/11 | Piano | NJMTA competition | Charlie got 3rd place again despite playing absolutely amazingly! Read about it here. |
| 2009/11 | Piano & Friends | Segerstrom Concert Hall | Charlie performed in the Segerstrom Concert Hall of the Orange County in a long sold-out concert! This time, he was sharing a piano in performance with the great pianist Lang Lang himself! He also had a great time playing with Marc and Ray (a very talented 8 y.o. that opened the concert). Read about it here. |
| 2009/11 | Piano & Friends | Disneyland | Charlie and William went to Disneyland and played for 3 days straight! AND, Charlie made a great friend in Marc Yu, a great young pianist that's even a lot more accomplished than Charlie. Read about it here. |
| 2009/10 | Piano | NYC Private Fundraiser | Charlie performed to help a fundraiser event that featured some really big names! For privacy reasons I won't detail it. |
| 2009/10 | Piano | Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall | Charlie performed in the Stern Auditorium of the Carnegie Hall again in the sold out "Lang Lang and Friends" concert. He shared the piano in performance with Ms. Jingyi Zhang (毛毛)! Read about it here |
| 2009/10 | Piano | Lang Lang's NYC Apt. | Charlie received a lesson from Lang Lang himself and benefited tremendously!Lang Lang's not just a great pianist, but also a great teacher! Read about it here. |
| 2009/06 | Media | West Windsor-Plainsoro Cable TV | Charlie was interviewed by Channel 3 & 27 and played 2 Haydn & Mozart pieces (his Mozart was absolutely gorgeous!). The show is broadcast daily (as of Dec.2009 you can still view it! Schedules are linked in this blog. |
| 2009/06 | Piano | Bristol Chapel of Westminster College | Charlie participates in his teacher Mrs. Clarfield's student recital. |
| 2009/06 | Piano | Williamson Hall of Westminster College | Charlie gives his first solo recital in Princeton! |
| 2009/05 | Piano | Avon Congregational Church, CT | Charlie gives his first solo recital in 2 years at the Avon Congregational Church. Thanks Benita! |
| 2009/05 | Piano | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Don’t miss Charlie on the season finale of “Oprah’s Search for the World’s Smartest and Most Talented Kids” on Monday, May 18! Check your local listings for time and channel! |
| 2009/05 | Piano | Gill Chapel at Rider Univ. | Charlie will perform on NJMTA's High Honors recital |
| 2009/05 | Piano | Jacobs Music, Lawrenceville | Charlie plays in the winners recital of the Steinway Society Scholarship Competition |
| 2009/04 | Piano | Jacobs Music, Lawrenceville | Charlie won 1st place in the age 7-9 group of the Steinway Society Scholarship Competition! Read about it here |
| 2009/04 | Piano | Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall! | Charlie performed in the Stern Auditorium of the Carnegie Hall! This is so huge! A lot bigger than his previous two performances in the Weill Recital Hall and the Zankel Hall! Read about before the show and after the show |
| 2009/03 | Piano | Princeton | Charlie took part in the audition of his 2nd concerto competition and get accepted as a semi-finalist! What we've heard is that only about half of the applicants got to the semi-final and Charlie's BY FAR the youngest semi-finalist! He's 5 years younger than the next youngest pianist in the 13-pianist semi-final field! Read about it here |
| 2009/02 | Piano | Trenton | Charlie took part in his first concerto competition and came home empty handed for the first time. But he played so well and was competing in under-18 age group. We're very proud of his effort and performance! Read about it here |
| 2009/02 | Piano | NYC | Charlie was scheduled to receive a special lesson from Lang Lang, but unfortunately it was cancelled due to Lang Lang's illness that caused lost of voice. But 来日方长！ |
| 2009/02 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie performed another 2 new pieces excellently at the NJMTA "Children Help Children" Performathon in Williamson Hall of Westminster College! Read about it here. |
| 2009/02 | Chess | Princeton, NJ | Charlie lost all 3 games he played at the Open division of the PDS Chess Tournament! Read about it here. His chess rating fell to 667. |
| 2009/01 | Chess | Princeton, NJ | Charlie won 4th place (after tiebreakers) at the Reserve division of the PDS Chess Tournament! Read about it here. His chess rating rose to 746. |
| 2008/12 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie had a great recital in Williamson Hall of Westminster College! Read about it here. |
| 2008/12 | Piano | Carnegie Hall, NYC | Charlie had a great performance in Carnegie Hall (this time @ Zankel Hall)! Read about it here. |
| 2008/12 | Chess | Princeton, NJ | Charlie won 2nd place (after tiebreakers) at Novice II division of the Greater Princeton Chess Championship! Read about it here. Later he got his first-ever chess rating at 721! Read about it here. |
| 2008/11 | Hockey | Prudential Center, Newwark, NJ | Charlie played hockey in the 17600-capacity Prudential Center (home of the New Jersey Devils) in front of thousands of hockey fans! Read about it here. |
| 2008/11 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie won 3rd place in NJMTA competition. Read about what happened here. |
| 2008/11 | Chess | Princeton, NJ | Charlie tied for 2nd highest score & won 5th place (after tiebreakers) at Novice I division of PDS Chess Tournament! Read about it here. |
| 2008/10 | Media | Time For Kids | Time For Kids interviewed Charlie! Read about it here. |
| 2008/10 | Media | Various | Many US and Chinese (even UN) news agency reported on the Lang Lang concert! Read about it here. |
| 2008/10 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie just won the Cecilian Music Club competition! (read the blog here) This is a tough competition and the winners will perform in Carnegie Hall's 2nd biggest hall, Zankel Hall! Charlie impressed the judges so much that they both gave him 1+ rating on the 1-5 scale, 1 being already the best! |
| 2008/10 | Piano | NYC Town Hall | Charlie will perform on Lang Lang's concert on 20th!!! (read the blog here) Read the news here |
| 2008/09-10 | Other | China | We went back to China again! This time Charlie enjoyed it even more than last time ('cause he played much more games)! And we brought Charlie's younger brother William back to US. He stayed in China for almost a year. With him by Charlie, I don't know how Charlie can still practice piano! (Update: it IS hard for Charlie to find time to practice piano now! :( |
| 2008/09 | Hockey | Ice Vault, NJ | Charlie scored 2 goals in a hard-fought 5-4 win against another team in tournament. He did a great job! |
| 2008/06 | Piano | CT | Charlie won Honorable Mention in age 5-9 group of CIYA competition. |
| 2008/05-06 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie donated his savings to China 5.12 earthquake victims and recorded two videos calling upon donations. | 2008/05 | Piano | NYC | Charlie performed in the Merkin Concert Hall in the Kaufman Center for the Winners Recital of International Young Musicians Competition "Passion of Music 2008". |
| 2008/05 | Piano | NYC | Charlie performed in the Weill Recital Hall of the Carnegie Hall for the Gold Prize Winners Recital of the American Fine Arts Festival. |
| 2008/05 | Piano | Lawrenceville, NJ | Charlie performed in the NJMTA High Honors recital in the Bart Luedeke Hall, Rider University. |
| 2008/04-05 | Other | China | We went back to China, and it's Charlie's first time going to China. The good news: He thoroughly enjoyed it! The bad news: We all gained a few pounds. |
| 2008/04 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie took part in the NJMTA Spring Auditions. He was rewarded High Honors. |
| 2008/04 | Piano | Home | Charlie Recorded Video for Bradshaw & Buono International Competition. He won 2nd Prize. |
| 2008/03 | Piano | Trenton, NJ | Charlie Performed in the Damien Dixon Memorial Scholarship Performathon in Jacob's Music. Charlie was fortunate to play on the one-and-only Steinway 500000! |
| 2008/03 | Piano | Christ and St. Stephen's Church, NYC | Charlie Performed in the Winners Recital of the AMTL Mid-Season Musicale. |
| 2008/02 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie took part in both of Mrs. Cho's student recitals in Williamson Hall, Westminster Choir College. |
| 2008/02 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie took part in American Fine Arts Festival. The result will not be known for another 1-2 months. |
| 2008/02 | Piano | NYC | Charlie took part in AMTL's Mid-Season Musicale Audition and passed the audition. He'll perform on 3/9 recital. |
| 2007/12 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie performed on Mrs. Clarfield's student recital in Williamson Hall, Westminster Choir College. |
| 2007/11 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie won 2nd place in New Jersey Music Teachers Asso. Competition age 7 division! |
| 2007/10 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie performed in Mrs. Cho's student recital at Williamson Hall in Westminster Choir College. |
| 2007/09 | Piano | Princeton Junction, NJ | Charlie began taking lessons from both Mrs. Soo Kyung Cho and Mrs. Ingrid Clarfield. |
| 2007/08 | Piano | Princeton, NJ | Charlie began taking lessons from Mrs. Ingrid Clarfield. |
| 2007/07 | Hockey | Princeton, NJ | Charlie joined Princeton Mites C hockey team. |
| 2007/06 | Other | NJ | We moved to NJ. It's sad to leave the place Charlie spent a long time in. But Charlie is coping OK. |
| 2007/06 | Piano | Stamford, CT | Charlie won Honorable Mention in age 5-8 group of the Connecticut International Young Artists Piano & Violin Competition. It was a disappointment but Charlie performed very well. Read more about it here. |
| 2007/06 | Media | Lowell Sun | Charlie is featured on a Lowell Sun article! |
| 2007/06 | Media | Chelmsford Independent | Another news feature on Charlie is published by Chelmsford Independent! |
| 2007/06 | Media | Boston Herald | The first news feature on Charlie is published by Boston Herald! |
| 2007/05 | Media | Ellen DeGeneres Show | Charlie will perform on the Ellen DeGeneres show, 2nd highest rated talk show on TV.com! Charlie's performance video is "Moments of the Week" for May 21-25 on Ellen Show Website! |
| 2007/05 | Piano | Fitchburg State College | Charlie won the 1st place in Mass. Music Teachers Asso. Piano Competition division 11A for 6-7 year olds! Listen to his winning recordings |
| 2007/04 | Piano | Unitarian Church, Franklin, NH | Charlie performed here again. |
| 2007/04 | Hockey | Lowell Janus Rink | Charlie's hockey team won the TYSA I-Mite championship! |
| 2007/03 | Piano | Pine Hill Waldorf School Auditorium | Charlie performed 5 classical pieces to kids from his age to teens and they absolutely loved his play! Charlie received a standing ovation and he was thoroughly enjoying the experience because of the Q&A session and the playing time afterwards with other kids. |
| 2007/03 | Swimming | Lowell YMCA | Charlie's swim team time trial. He cut down his free style time by almost half! |
| 2007/02 | Hockey | Tynsboro Skate 3 | Charlie's hockey team won the Presidents Cup! |
| 2007/01 | Hockey | Lowell Janus Rink | Charlie's first hockey goal in a game! |
| 2006/12 | Piano | Rivier College, Nashua, NH | Charlie performed at the X'mas party of Rivier College. He received a standing ovation for his performance again |
| 2006/10 | Piano | Unitarian Church, Franklin, NH | Charlie's first recital since he started taking lesson from Irina. He received a standing ovation for his performance |
| 2006/10 | Swimming | Lowell YMCA | Charlie's first swim team event. He fought valiantly but still finished last in his events. :) |
| 2006/09 | Swimming | Lowell YMCA | Charlie joined the Barracuda swimming team |
| 2006/09 | Hockey | Chelmsford Forum | Charlie joined the Chelmsford Maroon team |
| 2006/09 | Piano | China | Charlie won 2nd place in an online piano competition held by China's biggest piano forum |
| 2006/08 | Piano | Nashua, NH | Charlie started taking lessons from Irina Kirilenko. |
| 2006/07 | Piano | Arlington, MA | Charlie performed outdoors in the July Jamboree of Arlington. |
| 2006/07 | Piano | Westford, MA | Charlie performed in Westford Jamboree. |
| 2006/06 | Piano | Greenwich, CT | Charlie won 3rd prize in age 5-8 group of the Connecticut International Young Artists Piano & Violin Competition! He was the youngest winner and it was his first competition event. |
| 2006/05 | Piano | Brookline Public Library | Charlie was getting ready for his first competition the next month! |
| 2006/01 | Piano | First Parish of Watertown | Charlie was honored to be selected by his teacher to perform in the NEPTA recital, where young pianists of top talents perform. Charlie was the youngest performer of the divison and gave a wonderful performance (for his age of course) |
| 2005/12 | Piano | Brookline Public Library | Recital |
| 2005/09 | Other | Charlie's Home | Charlie's little brother was born! Charlie loves him very much and wants to take him everywhere to have fun. |
| 2005/06 | Piano | Brookline Public Library | Charlie's 3rd recital. He played 3 pieces |
| 2005/01 | Piano | Brookline Public Library | Charlie's 2nd recital, in which he played in the Hall of the Mountain King, a piece he loves very much! He played 2 pieces |
| 2004/12 | Piano | Brookline Public Library | Charlie opened Tatyana's 30-year teaching anniversary concert. He was the only student requested for an encore (he was a cute little guy at the time, particularly when you look at his using the pedal extension). He played one short piece |
| 2004/09 | Piano | Brookline | Charlie started to take piano lessons from Tatyana Berketove of Brookline, MA. |
