Dr. John Vaughan is an American pianist who lives in Taipei, Taiwan. A full-time professor of piano, he is also a performer, lecturer, writer, and music presenter whose activities span the divide between academia and popular entertainment. At Soochow University, where Dr. Vaughan has been professor of piano for over 25 years, he teaches courses in piano performance and piano literature.
As a lecturer, he presents weekly seminars on piano music to piano teachers and students who follow along with the score while he performs and examines works from both performance and pedagogical perspectives. Known for both his highly entertaining style and unique musical insights, Dr. Vaughan has presented over 500 musical works covering the entire history of keyboard.
As a performer, he presents lecture-concerts as soloist or with instrumentalists and singers. His recent solo concerts include Cloudy with a Chance of Bass Clefs and A Musical Journey with JV Tours. His lecture concerts with other performers include Beethoven’s Three Amigos, as well as Two Johnnies Walking and Unraveling Ravel with string players from the NSO, also A Pair of New Shoes with flautist Anders Norell, and Unlikely Friends with percussionist Tim Hogan. He has also appeared as Narrator in both English and Chinese performing The Composer is Dead and This is 20th Century Music with the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Vaughan and his student of 21 years, blind pianist Hsu Zhe-Cheng, have been performing together since 2008. Their interest in presenting classical music in novel ways led to the creation of “Just Play It” with director Ismene Ting and Performance Workshop, Asia’s premiere theater group. “Just Play It,” which combines music from diverse styles with comedy, theater and storytelling, has received more than 150 performances in over 40 different cities throughout Taiwan and China.
Their latest show ” Do You See What I Hear” has begun in 2018 and first performed in small venues for students. Since 2020, it has received performances in the major concert halls throughout Taiwan.
From 2011-2018, Dr. Vaughan wrote a monthly column for the Performance Arts Review published by the Taipei National Concert Hall. A collection of these essays have been published as “Musical Marvels, Musings…and Murder!”
范德騰（John Vaughan）
生於美國賓州，於歐柏林音樂院完成學士學位，並於費城藝術大學及約翰霍普金斯大學之琵琶地音樂院分別取得碩士及博士學位。1993年起定居台灣，目前為東吳大學音樂學系專任副教授。
2008年開始舉辦一系列的教學講座：『如何成為一個成功又快樂的鋼琴老師』、『指尖下的迷思』、『如何擄獲評審的心』… 等。也受邀至各大專院校與教學機構舉辦大師班及演講，並常應邀擔任各項鋼琴比賽之評審。從2011年2月起擔任表演藝術雜誌的專欄作家，並於2017年年底，發行由此『藝饗天開』專欄集結而成的《殺掉我爵士樂裡的貝多芬》書籍。
教學外，范德騰除了獨奏會，也分別擔任三場”NSO探索頻道系列講座音樂會”中的主講人與鋼琴演奏，並在國家音樂廳交響樂團『畫黑豆豆的人』演出中擔任中、英文場的說書人。也在松菸誠品表演廳舉辦結合戲劇、聲光效果的”外籍女婿在台灣系列”解說音樂會。並受史坦威鋼琴中心邀請演出『羅密歐與茱麗葉』與『舞後的微醺』。
除了古典音樂，2009年起，范德騰與視障鋼琴家-許哲誠和「表演工作坊」共同創作『彈琴說愛』，已於台灣與大陸演出超過150場。
2020年起，與許哲誠演出結合了相聲、說唱、古典與流行音樂的『聲聲不息雙鋼琴說唱音樂會』。
