Terence Yung

At the age of five, Yung was found playing melodies by ear. Yung, who grew up in the United States, studied privately with Eleanor Sokoloff of the Curtis Institute of Music.{{cite web |title=Terence Yung (Piano) - Short Biography |url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Yung-Terence.htm |website=BCW |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101154256/https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Yung-Terence.htm |url-status=live }} He later trained at the Juilliard School pre-college program in New York City, where he was a scholarship student of Frank Lévy and Martin Canin (the teaching assistant of the eminent pedagogue Rosina Lhévinne who taught Van Cliburn and John Williams). He continued his studies with Abbey Simon (who himself was a pupil of Josef Hofmann){{cite web |title=Abbey Simon |url=https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Abbey_Simon/47420 |website=Naxos |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617035513/https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Abbey_Simon/47420 |url-status=live }} at the University of Houston[http://www.music.uh.edu/upscale/2010/Upscale03.22.10.pdf News & Notes: Upcoming Events] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929123044/http://www.music.uh.edu/upscale/2010/Upscale03.22.10.pdf |date=2011-09-29 }}. Upscale Weekly, University of Houston Moores School of Music, 22 March 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-10.{{cite web |title=Abbey Simon - In Recital |url=https://pastdaily.com/2022/06/29/abbey-simon-in-recital-1997-past-daily-mid-week-concert/ |website=Past Daily |date=29 June 2022 |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617035751/https://pastdaily.com/2022/06/29/abbey-simon-in-recital-1997-past-daily-mid-week-concert/ |url-status=live }} in Texas on a music scholarship and Pell grant. While at the university, he taught students from families of extreme poverty at the Yellowstone Academy in the Third Ward part of Houston as part of its urban outreach initiatives. Yung excelled academically, winning prizes{{cite web |title=Terence YUNG |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Terence-Yung |website=ResearchGate |access-date=2 September 2023}} for English essays on the subjects of H. Rider Haggard and Bram Stoker. He graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts from the Department of English and a Bachelor of Music from the Moores School of Music, obtaining summa cum laude honors in both degrees. Upon graduation, he was inducted into the Sigma Tau Delta and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. He also holds the prestigious Diplôme from the Académie internationale d'été de Nice in France, where he studied with Michel Béroff and Philippe Entremont. Additionally, he took lessons (informally) with Lang Lang, Susan Starr, Garrick Ohlsson, and Horacio Gutierrez.{{cite web |title=Terence Yung Biography |url=https://www.instantencore.com/contributor/bio.aspx?CId=5155772 |website=InstantEncore |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-date=29 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929021605/https://www.instantencore.com/contributor/bio.aspx?CId=5155772 |url-status=live }}

Yung qualified to study at Cornell Law School and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, but matriculated at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas on a full scholarship, where his teachers included John A. Robertson, Sanford Levinson and Alan S. Rau.{{cite web |title=Pro Bono Superstars |url=https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2018/04/Poster_Beacons_Honors-1.pdf |publisher=University of Texas School of Law |accessdate=20 August 2020 |archive-date=26 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026002123/https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2018/04/Poster_Beacons_Honors-1.pdf |url-status=live }} While at Texas, he served as a law clerk for the Texas Attorney General, the Travis County Attorney's Office, and the Texas Advocacy Project. He also edited for the Texas Review of Law and Politics{{cite web |title=Texas Review of Law and Politics, Vol . 19, No. 2 |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth839143/m2/1/high_res_d/UNT_2016_0010_0019.pdf |website=Texas History |publisher=UNT |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618013211/https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth839143/m2/1/high_res_d/UNT_2016_0010_0019.pdf |url-status=live }} and the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal.{{cite journal |title=25 Tex. Intell. Prop. L.J. i (2017-2018) |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/tipj25&div=11&id=&page= |journal=Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal | volume=25 |publisher=Hein Online |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618013218/https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/tipj25&div=11&id=&page= |url-status=live }} He later enrolled at the University of London, where he earned a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours.{{cite web |title=UOL Worldwide LLB: level of award 2019-2022 |url=https://www.londonlawlectures.com/uol-worldwide-llb-level-of-awards-2022/ |website=London Law Lectures |date=7 March 2023 |access-date=26 August 2023}} His dissertation{{cite web |last1=Yung |first1=Terence |title=A Liberal Morality Analysis of Gross Negligence Manslaughter |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373602728 |website=ResearchGate |access-date=2 September 2023}} advanced a liberal morality analysis of the law of gross negligence manslaughter under the moral foundations theory{{cite web |last1=McNerney |first1=Samuel |title=Jonathan Haidt and the Moral Matrix: Breaking Out of Our Righteous Minds |url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/jonathan-haidt-the-moral-matrix-breaking-out-of-our-righteous-minds/ |website=Scientific American |access-date=25 July 2019}} of Jonathan Haidt.{{cite web |title=The moral matrix that influences the way people vote |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2016/nov/14/the-moral-matrix-that-influences-the-way-people-vote |website=The Guardian |date=November 14, 2016 |access-date=25 July 2019}} He was called to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, England as an Associate Member (ACIArb) in 2022.{{cite web |title=CIArb - Member Profile (Terence Yung) |url=https://ciarb.org/membership/member-directory/member-profile?id=105272 |publisher=CIArb |access-date=27 August 2023}} He earned a Certificate in Healthcare Law from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he holds course certificates from the SDA Bocconi School of Management, the Wharton School, as well as Yale University, where his teachers included Akhil Reed Amar,{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - America's Unwritten Constitution |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/YEHJ5VV4MHQP |website=Coursera |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617054353/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/YEHJ5VV4MHQP |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - America's Written Constitution |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/TYCNWVXAYDMT |website=Coursera |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617055048/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/TYCNWVXAYDMT |url-status=live }} Ian Shapiro,{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - Moral Foundations of Politics |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/2U75UWYW9AAN |website=Coursera |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618010128/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/2U75UWYW9AAN |url-status=live }} Ian Ayres,{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - American Contract Law I |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/4HPYXAKBTERR |website=Coursera |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618011634/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/4HPYXAKBTERR |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - American Contract Law II |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/6C6RKRRX8BF5 |website=Coursera |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618010145/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/6C6RKRRX8BF5 |url-status=live }} Barry Nalebuff,{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - Introduction to Negotiation |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/JDLK3PKZSUPY |website=Coursera |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618010139/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/JDLK3PKZSUPY |url-status=live }} Robert Shiller,{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - Financial Markets |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/X2DNSS2HJURS |website=Coursera |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618010147/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/X2DNSS2HJURS |url-status=live }} Paul Bloom,{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - Introduction to Psychology |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/HXLLU8A2SFTJ |website=Coursera |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618010143/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/HXLLU8A2SFTJ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - Moralities of Everyday Life |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/X5TELGHLDGTQ |website=Coursera |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618010130/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/X5TELGHLDGTQ |url-status=live }} Andrew Metrick, and former United States Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner.{{cite web |title=Course Certificate for Terence Yung - The Global Financial Crisis |url=https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/UDVJXFUHCHGM |website=Coursera |access-date=18 June 2023 |archive-date=18 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618010141/https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/UDVJXFUHCHGM |url-status=live }}

Yung has appeared as a recitalist, chamber-musician, and soloist with orchestras throughout the United States including performances in Philadelphia, New York City, Seattle, and Houston, as well as abroad in Spain and France. He made his first public appearance at the age of 6. At age 11, he was asked to perform Beethoven's "Waldstein" Sonata at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts' Master Class Series. At age 13, he made his professional début with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra at the Grand Opera House[http://www.desymphony.org/new/pressreleases/021104b.html "Featuring Youth Soloist Competition Winner Terence Yung,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725231345/http://www.desymphony.org/new/pressreleases/021104b.html |date=2011-07-25 }} "DSO Press Release," February 11, 2004 Youth Concert Series.

Notable venues include the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the Teatro de Puigcerdá, the Grand Opera House in Delaware, Benaroya Hall, Yamaha Salon, Steinway Hall in New York City, the Kosciuszko Foundation, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. He has also appeared at a number of international music festivals including the Puigcerdá International Music Festival, the [http://www.ikif.org International Keyboard Institute and Festival] at Mannes College, the Seattle International Piano Festival, and the International Piano Festival in Houston. His recordings and interviews have been broadcast by radio and television throughout the United States and abroad.

Yung has been the subject of a number of interviews by Ming Pao Daily NewsFan, Chen "Talent combined with hard work, Terence Yung held a piano recital, traveled long distances to practice piano, and graduated from Juilliard School of Music after 4 years of hard work," [http://www.mingpaony.com Ming Pao Daily News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217004727/http://www.mingpaony.com/ |date=2008-12-17 }}, January 21, 2008 and Global Chinese Times"Terence Yung to perform a Solo-Recital," Global Chinese Times, January 21, 2008 as well as French Public News as an outstanding young talent from Hong Kong. Mr. Yung has been an advocate for the education and outreach of classical music. He is affiliated with Sing For Hope,{{cite web |url=http://main.singforhope.org/our-people/our-artist-roster/ |title=Sing for Hope |publisher=singforhope.org |access-date=2013-07-28 |archive-date=2013-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009164537/http://main.singforhope.org/our-people/our-artist-roster/ |url-status=live }} volunteering with its Healing Arts initiative to bring the gift of music to doctors and patients at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

In 2010, Yung was selected as a Young Steinway Artist.{{cite web|url=http://www.steinway.com/artists/ysa-profile/TerenceYung|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924110414/http://www.steinway.com/artists/ysa-profile/TerenceYung|archive-date=2015-09-24 | title=Young Steinway Artists |publisher=Steinway.com}}

Yung is the grandson of Yung Yi-Yin, a prominent educationalist who was headmaster of several Government primary schools in Hong Kong.{{cite web |title=King's College Speech Day, 4th March 1982, Principal's Speech and Presentation of the Annual Report (1980-1981) |url=https://www.kings.edu.hk/sites/default/files/files/1982-85.pdf |website=King's College Website |access-date=23 August 2023}} In 1980, the elder Yung was awarded a Medal of Honour (Hong Kong) for valuable services rendered by him to Hong Kong by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which was presented to him before an audience by the 25th Governor of Hong Kong Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch.

Yung has made some donations to Republicans, most notably Governor of Texas Greg Abbott.{{cite web |title=Donor Lookup Hoka Yung |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=yung+hoka |website=OpenSecrets.org |access-date=17 July 2023}} He was a member of the Federalist Society from 2015 to 2016 and from 2020 to 2021. He has also been a member and donor of Students for Fair Admissions, a nonprofit legal advocacy organization founded in 2014 by conservative activist Edward Blum for the purpose of challenging discriminatory admissions policies at schools.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/whos-who-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-cases-2023-06-29/|publisher=Reuters|title=Factbox: Who's who in the Supreme Court's affirmative action cases|author=Borter, Gabriella|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=June 29, 2023|access-date=July 8, 2023|archive-date=July 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708175756/https://www.reuters.com/legal/whos-who-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-cases-2023-06-29/}}{{cite web|title=Project on Fair Representation Files Suits against Harvard and UNC|url=https://studentsforfairadmissions.org/|website=Students For Fair Admissions|accessdate=1 August 2016}} Most recently, the charity successfully sued Harvard University to end its discriminatory admissions policy.{{cite web |title=SFFA, Inc. v President and Fellows of Harvard University |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/20-1199_hgdj.pdf |publisher=The United States Supreme Court |access-date=26 August 2023}}

In February 2019, Yung was sentenced to a minimum-security institution for 46 months{{cite web |title=Ex-University of Texas Law Student Gets 4 Years in Georgetown Cyberstalking Case |url=https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2019/02/28/ex-university-of-texas-law-student-gets-4-years-in-georgetown-cyberstalking-case/ |website=Texas Lawyer |access-date=26 June 2023 |language=en}} after pleading guilty to cyberstalking a Georgetown University Law Center admissions interviewer.{{cite web |title=United States v Ho Ka Terence Yung |url=https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-ho-ka-terence-yung |publisher=Case Text |access-date=26 August 2023}} He published false and violent statements about his victims, including online personal ads with the intent that individuals interested in violent sexual activity would go to the victims’ residence in the middle of the night.{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/58d65a7535b14231a97d05a9b71df982 |title=Law school reject pleads guilty to cyberstalking interviewer |date=25 October 2018 |work=Associated Press News}} Yung accepted full responsibility, saying: “I apologize for my behavior toward Mr. X and his family.” He paid a special assessment, and he agreed to the entry of a Restitution Order for the full amount of the victims’ compensable losses.

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