Victoria Frances Young is an international pianist and composer who has performed across three continents in North America, Europe, and Asia.  She made her orchestral debut when she was six and her international solo debut in Dominican Republic when she was ten.  

In 2024, Victoria appeared as a soloist with the UMKC Conservatory Orchestra at Folly Theater in Kansas City performing Chopin Piano Concerto no. 2.  Additionally, Victoria’s original Piano Concerto was selected by the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) to be featured in concert at the ISCM World New Music Days in June 2024 in the Faroe Islands, where it will be performed by the Lapland Chamber Orchestra.

In past seasons, Victoria has appeared as soloist with the Danube Symphony Orchestra, the Midland-Odessa Symphony, the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, the Nevada Chamber Orchestra, and the Henderson Symphony Orchestra.

As an artist, Victoria is committed to using the universal power of music to build bridges between people of different life experiences, cultural backgrounds, and nationalities.  She has collaborated with the US Embassies of Singapore, Indonesia, and China to give concerts to audiences in Asia that incorporated Western classical music with Asian pop/folk music.  In China, Victoria worked with the Consulate General of Guangzhou to give a 10-day concert tour of southern China, with a special focus on providing free performances for high school and college students.  She was also invited to present at TEDxFuzhouWomen.

Victoria was a featured artist of Classical Pianists of the Future, for which she performed at the Tri-Cities Opera Center in Binghamton, NY, and gave a live TV concert on WSKG’s Expressions on PBS.  

Victoria is a recipient of the $10,000 Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award, which she was awarded in conjunction with her performance on NPR’s From the Top.  As a From the Top alumnus, she was invited to present at the E.G. Conference in Monterey, CA.

Victoria’s past awards and accolades include First Prize at the Piano Concerto Festival in Budapest, Hungary, the Walter Blankenheim Prize at the International Piano Competition “J.S. Bach” in Würzburg, Germany, First Place in the Midland-Odessa National Young Artist Competition, First Place in the Harrison Winter Piano Concerto Competition, and winner of the UMKC Concerto Aria Competition.

Victoria is a former Associate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Associate Composer Program, where she was mentored by Sarah Gibson and Andrew Norman.  Victoria studied piano with Marian Hahn and composition Vid Smooke at the Peabody Conservatory, from which she graduated in 2022.  She currently studies piano with Alon Goldstein and composition with Chen Yi at the University of Missouri Kansas City.