Xiao Chen - Kaleidoscope (2020)

Chinese-born pianist Xiao Chen is currently on faculty at Mount Saint Mary’s University, having served as Lecturer in Piano Performance at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) in 2019. Her position as pedagogue saw her founding and directing the Los Angeles Young Virtuoso International Music Festival in 2018 which took place at Azusa Pacific University. She created the festival with the objective of providing performance and educative opportunities for students from all over the world. Ms. Chen is actively engaged as both soloist and chamber musician throughout the U.S., China, and Europe, having performed at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Fischer Center for Performing Arts, and Shanghai Concert Hall. Her performances have been well received by
many; Peninsula Reviews praised her playing as a “knock-out performance, and one we would love to hear again”, while Shanghai Youth Daily said “her energetic and breathtaking performance impressed the audience”.
Ms. Chen is also a multiple prize winner; awards including The American Prize, Frances Walton Competition, Carmel Music Society Piano Competition, The Muse International Competition, ‘London’ Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, and Steinway & Sons International Youth Piano Competition. As winner of the Frances Walton Competition, she
played in a concert tour across regional Washington State where she gave recitals and was aired live on Classical KING FM 98.1. Furthermore, Ms. Chen also served as jury in many music and piano competitions, including the New West Symphony Piano Competition in Los Angeles, "Pearl River Keyserburg" International Youth Piano Competition, and Hainan Airline Piano Competition.
As a recording artist, Ms. Chen has also recorded for Yamaha’s Disklavier Educational Network and the Scott Joplin Piano Works Archive.
Ms. Chen has been invited to perform in a number of music festivals including the Morningside Bridge Summer Festival, Yellow Barn Music Festival, Pianofest Summer Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Manchester Music Festival, and Italy Perugia Music Fest. Over the years, she has worked
and performed with esteemed pianists and artists such as Gary Graffman, Seymour Lipkin, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Richard Goode, Peter Frankl, Claude Frank, Wu Han, Gloria Cheng, Ann Schein, Paul Schenly, Joseph Lin, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, and the Shanghai Quartet.