10/05/2026
Meet our soloist!
Andrew Lau is the 2026 HMTA Concerto Competition Junior Division winner. He will be playing the magnificent and romantic first movement of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto at Matryoshka Tales on Sunday, October 25, at 2 pm, at the Stafford Centre. Grab your tickets here: https://www.fbso.org/upcoming-events/matryoshka-tales
Andrew Lau is a high school freshman at Davidson Academy. Having developed a passion for piano at the age of six, Andrew currently studies under Dr. Richard Marshall and Dr. Zhu Zhu. Competitively, Andrew has earned first prize in the Independent Music Teachers Association Houston Performance Contest in consecutive years; first prize in the piano duet/duo division of the Texas Music Teachers Association June Leondar Chamber Music/Ensemble Contest in 2025; and honorable mention in the Music Teachers National Association Texas Junior Performance Piano Competition in 2025. As the Junior Division winner of the Houston Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition, Andrew is honored to perform with the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra this season.
Outside of piano, Andrew is an avid math competitor and writer. He is a three-time Gold Medalist at the International Mathematics Competition (IMC) in 2023, 2024, and 2026, and a four-time AIME qualifier from 2022 to 2025. At the MATHCOUNTS Houston Chapter competition, he placed 1st individually in 2025 and 2nd individually in both 2024 and 2026. He was also named a 2025 Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship Finalist, a national award program. In writing, Andrew earned a National Silver Medal in the 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, along with three Regional Gold Keys and one Regional Silver Key. Andrew looks forward to sharing his passions with audiences of every stage.
