Among her many accomplishments, award-winning pianist and composer Sherry Shieh was presented to Prince Philip of England in recognition of her outstanding musical achievement at the age of twelve. She performed at Academy Award-winning actress Audrey Hepburn’s memorial service in 1993 and later worked under Academy Award-winning composer Luis Bacalov (Il Postino, Kill Bill). To date, Shieh has received two major nominations for Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards (GMA), released six albums, and was named a Featured Lifetime Artist by the international music licensing platform AudioSparx.
A passionate educator in music and film, Shieh regularly presents seminar-concerts at universities, corporations, and international organizations. She was a longtime contributor to MUZIK magazine (2006–2012), the largest Chinese-language classical music publication, where her insightful yet accessible writing earned widespread acclaim. Audiences frequently praise her lectures and performances for being “thought-provoking, deeply moving, and refreshingly down-to-earth.”
Beyond the concert stage, Shieh is also a filmmaker, author, and arts advocate. Her self-written, directed, and produced documentary The Book House premiered in 2016, reflecting her commitment to education through the arts. She has also collaborated with leading international brands and creative organizations on projects spanning music, film, and multimedia.
Dedicated to public service, Shieh previously served as Honorary Secretary and Vice President of the Rotary Club of Taipei, leading numerous charitable initiatives through music and education. Her projects have included fundraising concerts for the 2011 Japan tsunami, the 2015 Rotary Day Gala Concert, Dear Violin!, which delivered 88 handmade violins to children in underserved communities worldwide, and the Blind Youth Violinist Project in collaboration with Myanmar and the British Council. In recognition of organizing Heal New York with Love, a COVID-19 Relief Charity Concert, she was named an Honorary Rotarian of the Rotary Club of New York and received the Paul Harris Fellow Award.
In recent years, Shieh has expanded her artistic vision into meditation music through her DRIM project and published the bestselling book In Love with Film Music, which debuted at No. 1 in Taiwan’s Arts category in 2023. She continues to champion classical music and cinematic storytelling worldwide, and in 2024 premiered her original works Three Visions of an Oriental Bird and Dynasty at Taiwan’s National Concert Hall.