About
18 year-old Indonesian pianist, Gabriella Prisca Handoko, has been studying with Ory Shihor at Piano Talent Performance Academy in Downtown Los Angeles. She has performed across Asia, Europe, America, and Australia. Gabriella is known to possess strong technique, warm sound, dramatic flair as well as sensitivity and depth of musical understanding.
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Her recent highlights include 3rd prize winner of CAPMT Honors Competition 2019. She got the 1st prize winner of 2018 Los Angeles International Liszt Piano Competition for Longer Works Division VIA and 2nd prize winner for the entire Longer Works Division VI. Prior to that competition, she got the 3rd prize winner of 2018 MTAC Solo Concerto Competition, Solo Category. She is being invited to perform for the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition winners recital at Azusa Pacific University in collaboration with the Southern California Chapter of the American Liszt Society and Azusa Pacific University on March 2019.
Gabriella started her music career at the age of 7 under the guidance of her previous teacher, Sienny Debora. Since then, she won winners awards locally in her hometown, Surabaya, as well as in Jakarta. Winning prizes from local competitions had given her opportunities and experiences to win international competitions, such as the Malaysian Youth Open Festival, where she got seven 1st prize winners for different categories. In 2012, she won the first prize of American Protege Piano Competition for both solo and trio category, and awarded the Judges Distinction Award. She got invited to perform at Carnegie Hall, New York for her winners concert at the same year and as a scholarship performer on the next year.
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She attented the 13th International Music Festival and Materclasses From Chopin To Górecki Sources and Inspirtaions in Warzsaw, Poland and performed as an Indonesian guest pianist. On 2013, she performed her solo recital of Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue, 7 Preludes, and 9 Songs in Sydney Opera House. The following two years, she performed at The Indonesia Pusaka Recital held by The Jaya Suprana School of Performing Arts, The Consulate Generale in Indonesia in New York City, and The Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia at Carnegie Hall, New York.
She's awarded three Indonesia World Records by Jaya Suprana: her trio recital with her sisters playing complete sets of Indonesian pieces by Jaya Suprana, achievement of total fourteen 1st prize winners together with her sisters at the Malaysian Youth Open Festival, and her solo recital at Sydney Opera House as the youngest pianist playing Gershwin's Rhapsody In blue.