Nai-Yu Chen
piano
About
Nai-yu Chen, a Taiwanese pianist, is an active soloist and a chamber musician. During her doctoral study, Chen was a scholarship recipient and thus, granted her over 15 recitals annually, performing an extensive repertoire, ranging from traditional works to new music.
Her collaboration with various artists has appeared in several venues, including Santa Clara University, Mission College, Mountain View Performing Arts Center, McAfee Performing Arts Center, and Cubberley Theater.
As a competition prize winner, Chen won first place and the Best Performance Prize in the Prof. Mao-Shuen Chen Scholarship Competition, first place in the Taiwan KAWAI piano competition, and was named a finalist in the Grieg Festival Young Artist Competition.
Chen is a faculty member at the New Mozart School of Music and serves as Board of Directors of East Bay Music Foundation and Program Chair of MTAC Palo Alto Branch, developing community music programs.
Music
J.S. Bach; W. A. Mozart; L. v. Beethoven; Felix Mendelssohn; Chopin; Schumann; Franz Liszt; Brahms; Edward Grieg; Sergei Rachmaninoff; Claude Debussy; Maurice ravel; Sergei Prokofiev; Dmitri Shostakovich; Joan Tower;
Videos
Ensemble profiles
- Instrument: Piano trio
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- 2 groupmuses played
Past groupmuses (3)
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Saturday, Jun 3, 2023 4:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: University South, Palo Alto
- Composers: Amy Beach, Clara Schumann
- Instruments: Violin, Cello, Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Matinee of Piano Trios: Warmth and Darkness - Shostakovich & Brahms
Friday, Jun 3, 2022 7:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Rockridge/North Oakland
- Composers: Shostakovich and Brahms
- Instruments: Piano Trio
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 2 years ago
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Virtual Livestream
Music for Piano Four Hands: Mozart, Schubert, and Debussy works with pianists Hsiu-Jung and Nai-Yu
Sunday, Jun 27, 2021 2:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Cupertino
- Composers: Mozart, Schubert, Debussy
- Instruments: Piano Four Hands
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened over 3 years ago