Biography
He made his debut concert at Hilbert Circle Theater, Indianapolis, USA on February 26, 2006. At 15 years old, he has written compositions including piano solos and sonatas, piano concerto, string trios and quartets, music for Jazz band, concert band and full orchestra. After being in the US for only 5 months, Chen won both the Young Artist Competition sponsored by the New World Youth Orchestras and Young Composer's Contest sponsored by the University of Indianapolis, and appeared on the front page of the Indianapolis Star, The Lebanon Reporter, Hendricks County Flyer, and Plainfield Magazine. In January 2010, Chen won the senior division of the same competition. In December 2007, he won the Young Artist Competition sponsored by the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. He played with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra on the Family Fun! concert on February 10, 2008. Chen has also won the IMTA hoosier auditions and the IMTA composition competition in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Chen has also appeared at the Honors Recital of Indiana University Piano Academy for four consecutive years, and has won the first place of the duet competition in 2008 with Brook Zhang. Chen is also the First Prize Winner of the 2010 Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition co-sponsored by the Paducah Symphony Orchestra and the Murray State University.
Chen is enrolled in the pre-college program of Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. He studies piano with the program director Dr. Karen Taylor, and music composition with the composer Dr. Don Freund.
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