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Pianist
Sean Chen is being hailed as a rising star with a "million-volt smile"
and a "formidable set of fingers" (Dallas Morning News).

In 2013
Chen won the American Pianists Association's DeHaan Classical
Fellowship, one of the most lucrative and significant prizes available
to an American pianist; he also won Third Prize at the 14th Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, becoming the first American to reach
the finals since 1997. He received Second Prize at the 2011 Seoul
International Music Competition, Third Prize at the 2013 Morocco
Philharmony International Piano Competition, Best Performance of an
American Work at the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition, and
he was a semifinalist at the 2012 Leeds International Piano
Competition.

The 25-year-old American pianist has appeared as
soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz,
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin, Indianapolis
Chamber Orchestra, Suwon City Philharmonic, New West Symphony, and the
Juilliard Orchestra. He has performed solo recitals under the auspices
of the McGraw-Hill Company, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, New West
Symphony, National Chopin Foundation, Scriabin Society, Ventura Music
Festival, and the Young Artist Guild of the Music Teachers Association
of California. He has performed new works by Lisa Bielawa, Michael
Williams, Nicco Athens, Michael Gilbertson, and Reinaldo Moya, among
others. Upcoming CD releases include an album of Michael Williams's solo
piano works on the Parma label, live recordings from the Cliburn
competition, and a solo recording on the Steinway label as part of his
American Pianists Association prize.


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Pianist
Sean Chen is being hailed as a rising star with a "million-volt smile"
and a "formidable set of fingers" (Dallas Morning News).

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In 2013
Chen won the American Pianists Association's DeHaan Classical
Fellowship, one of the most lucrative and significant prizes available
to an American pianist; he also won Third Prize at the 14th Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, becoming the first American to reach
the finals since 1997. He received Second Prize at the 2011 Seoul
International Music Competition, Third Prize at the 2013 Morocco
Philharmony International Piano Competition, Best Performance of an
American Work at the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition, and
he was a semifinalist at the 2012 Leeds International Piano
Competition.

The 25-year-old American pianist has appeared as
soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz,
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin, Indianapolis
Chamber Orchestra, Suwon City Philharmonic, New West Symphony, and the
Juilliard Orchestra. He has performed solo recitals under the auspices
of the McGraw-Hill Company, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, New West
Symphony, National Chopin Foundation, Scriabin Society, Ventura Music
Festival, and the Young Artist Guild of the Music Teachers Association
of California. He has performed new works by Lisa Bielawa, Michael
Williams, Nicco Athens, Michael Gilbertson, and Reinaldo Moya, among
others. Upcoming CD releases include an album of Michael Williams's solo
piano works on the Parma label, live recordings from the Cliburn
competition, and a solo recording on the Steinway label as part of his
American Pianists Association prize.

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Pianist
Sean Chen is being hailed as a rising star with a "million-volt smile"
and a "formidable set of fingers" (Dallas Morning News).

In 2013
Chen won the American Pianists Association's DeHaan Classical
Fellowship, one of the most lucrative and significant prizes available
to an American pianist; he also won Third Prize at the 14th Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, becoming the first American to reach
the finals since 1997. He received Second Prize at the 2011 Seoul
International Music Competition, Third Prize at the 2013 Morocco
Philharmony International Piano Competition, Best Performance of an
American Work at the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition, and
he was a semifinalist at the 2012 Leeds International Piano
Competition.

The 25-year-old American pianist has appeared as
soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz,
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin, Indianapolis
Chamber Orchestra, Suwon City Philharmonic, New West Symphony, and the
Juilliard Orchestra. He has performed solo recitals under the auspices
of the McGraw-Hill Company, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, New West
Symphony, National Chopin Foundation, Scriabin Society, Ventura Music
Festival, and the Young Artist Guild of the Music Teachers Association
of California. He has performed new works by Lisa Bielawa, Michael
Williams, Nicco Athens, Michael Gilbertson, and Reinaldo Moya, among
others. Upcoming CD releases include an album of Michael Williams's solo
piano works on the Parma label, live recordings from the Cliburn
competition, and a solo recording on the Steinway label as part of his
American Pianists Association prize.


buy tickets

Pianist
Sean Chen is being hailed as a rising star with a "million-volt smile"
and a "formidable set of fingers" (Dallas Morning News).

In 2013
Chen won the American Pianists Association's DeHaan Classical
Fellowship, one of the most lucrative and significant prizes available
to an American pianist; he also won Third Prize at the 14th Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, becoming the first American to reach
the finals since 1997. He received Second Prize at the 2011 Seoul
International Music Competition, Third Prize at the 2013 Morocco
Philharmony International Piano Competition, Best Performance of an
American Work at the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition, and
he was a semifinalist at the 2012 Leeds International Piano
Competition.

The 25-year-old American pianist has appeared as
soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz,
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin, Indianapolis
Chamber Orchestra, Suwon City Philharmonic, New West Symphony, and the
Juilliard Orchestra. He has performed solo recitals under the auspices
of the McGraw-Hill Company, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, New West
Symphony, National Chopin Foundation, Scriabin Society, Ventura Music
Festival, and the Young Artist Guild of the Music Teachers Association
of California. He has performed new works by Lisa Bielawa, Michael
Williams, Nicco Athens, Michael Gilbertson, and Reinaldo Moya, among
others. Upcoming CD releases include an album of Michael Williams's solo
piano works on the Parma label, live recordings from the Cliburn
competition, and a solo recording on the Steinway label as part of his
American Pianists Association prize.


buy tickets

Pianist

Sean Chen is being hailed as a rising star with a "million-volt smile"

and a "formidable set of fingers" (Dallas Morning News).

In 2013

Chen won the American Pianists Association's DeHaan Classical

Fellowship, one of the most lucrative and significant prizes available

to an American pianist; he also won Third Prize at the 14th Van Cliburn

International Piano Competition, becoming the first American to reach

the finals since 1997. He received Second Prize at the 2011 Seoul

International Music Competition, Third Prize at the 2013 Morocco

Philharmony International Piano Competition, Best Performance of an

American Work at the 2009 Cleveland International Piano Competition, and

he was a semifinalist at the 2012 Leeds International Piano

Competition.

The 25-year-old American pianist has appeared as

soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz,

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin, Indianapolis

Chamber Orchestra, Suwon City Philharmonic, New West Symphony, and the

Juilliard Orchestra. He has performed solo recitals under the auspices

of the McGraw-Hill Company, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, New West

Symphony, National Chopin Foundation, Scriabin Society, Ventura Music

Festival, and the Young Artist Guild of the Music Teachers Association

of California. He has performed new works by Lisa Bielawa, Michael

Williams, Nicco Athens, Michael Gilbertson, and Reinaldo Moya, among

others. Upcoming CD releases include an album of Michael Williams's solo

piano works on the Parma label, live recordings from the Cliburn

competition, and a solo recording on the Steinway label as part of his

American Pianists Association prize.







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