Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Presents: Hung-Kuan Chen, piano

Artist(s)

Hung-Kuan Chen, piano
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Celebrated pianist Hung-Kuan Chen, one of the most honored pianists of his generation, won top prizes in the Arthur Rubinstein, Busoni, and Geza Anda International Piano Competitions, and the Young Concert Artists International Piano Auditions, as well as an Avery Fisher Career Grant. 

He is currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School. He previously served as Chair of the piano department of Shanghai Conservatory and was on the faculty of New England Conservatory as well as visiting professor at Yale School of Music. He has adjudicated prominent international piano competitions such as the Van Cliburn, Busoni, Shanghai, Maria Canals and Honens. Among notable pianists he has taught or coached are Yuja Wang, Lukas Vondracek, Sean Chen, Maxim Lando and Niu Niu.