Dr. Amy Sze holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music, where she was awarded the prestigious Performer’s Certificate, prior to which she had studied at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts since the age of ten. Her teachers include Gabriel Kwok, Nelita True and John Perry. She was the recipient of numerous scholarships including the Avis D. Vaughn Scholarship, the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund Overseas Scholarship.
Amy Sze has won many prizes and awards, and performances have taken her to different continents over the years. She has appeared as a concerto soloist with various orchestras, including the Texas Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, and the Eastman Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed in recital and as a chamber musician at major international festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, the Cliburn Piano Institute, the Harbin Summer Music Festival and the Salzburg Mozarteum Academy. She was featured in Hong Kong Sinfonietta's Beethoven Piano Concerto Cycle, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2, and in the Sinfonietta's CD release "This is Classical Music 3" performing Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals. She was also invited to perform in the Beethoven Piano Sonatas Marathon in Vienna, along with other celebrated pianists from different parts of the world, which saw the first Hong Kong-Vienna Music Festival. In 2022, she had the privilege to participate in the 25th anniversary of the HKSAR and perform for Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife during their visit to Hong Kong.
As an avid chamber musician, Amy Sze has collaborated with various distinguished artists, notably Derek Bermel, David Childs, Peter Cooper, Benedict Cruft, Amihai Grosz, Yoshiyuki Ishikawa, Takako Nishizaki, Raphael Severe and John Williams. She was also a member of the Eastman Chamber Music Society, which engages in outreach projects and charity concerts in public schools and community centres. An active performer of contemporary music, she has appeared as featured artist in various festivals, including the Contemporary Song Festival of the Intimacy of Creativity, the Hong Kong New Generation Concert, the International Society for Contemporary Music Festival, and the French May Festival.
Amy Sze is currently on the faculty of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University. She was also previously a teaching assistant in piano studies, accompaniment and chamber music at the Eastman School of Music. She is a Trinity College London music diploma examiner, and frequently serves on jury panels for scholarships and competitions and has been on the music advisory committee for her alma mater, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and St. Paul’s Co-educational College.
施敏倫博士獲美國伊士曼音樂學院頒發專業演奏文憑、鋼琴演奏音樂藝術與文學碩士及博士學位,師從郭嘉特、特魯和佩里。施氏自十歲起便於香港演藝學院接受專業音樂訓練。她曾獲得多項獎學金,包括阿維斯四沃恩獎學金、尤德爵士紀念獎學金,香港賽馬會音樂及舞蹈信托基金海外獎學金。
施氏於多個鋼琴比賽獲獎 ,演奏遍佈世界不同角落。她曾以獨奏者身份與美國德州沃斯堡室樂團、伊士曼交響樂團及室樂團、香港管弦樂團、香港小交響樂團等合作。她也曾參與多個著名音樂節的表演,包括美國亞斯本音樂節、克萊本學院、哈爾濱之夏音樂會、薩爾斯堡莫扎特音樂學院。她亦經常到香港電台第四台進行獨奏錄音及接受訪問。她曾參與香港小交響樂團‘貝多芬全套鋼琴協奏曲’系列之演出,並為樂團唱片 ‘就是古典音樂3’ 作灌錄。她亦遠赴音樂之都維也納,聯同一班來自世界各地的出色鋼琴家,演出為時12小時的貝多芬鋼琴奏鳴曲的馬拉松音樂會,慶祝首屆維港音樂節-維也納香港文化盛會。適逢香港特别行政區成立25週年紀念,施氏於2022年獲邀為國家主席習近平和夫人演奏。
除獨奏演出外,施氏也活躍於室樂演奏和推動現代音樂創作,她是伊士曼室樂協會的成員,透過外展計劃及音樂會把音樂推廣到學校及社區。她曾獲邀於創意間的親暱-當代歌曲音樂節,香港電台第四台主辦的「新一代音樂」計劃,香港國際現代音樂節,和法國五月節演出 。 施氏經常與國際音樂好手合作,包括德里克貝姆爾、大衛蔡爾茲、彼德庫珀、顧品德、石川和義行、西崎崇子、拉斐爾西菲、約翰威廉士等。
施敏倫曾於伊士曼音樂學院擔任鋼琴系、室樂及伴奏系助教。現任教於多間大學,包括香港演藝學院、香港科技大學、香港大學及香港浸會大學。除了主持講座及大師班外,她亦是倫敦聖三一學院文憑試考官,為多個公開考試、獎學金及音樂比賽擔任評委,並為其母校香港演藝學院及聖保羅男女中學擔任音樂顧問。