Kevin Chen
2nd Prize winner at the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2025), Kevin Chen was born on 7 of March 2005. He received private instruction from Colleen Athparia, Krzysztof Jabłoński, and Marilyn Engle, and currently studies with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover. He won the Arthur Rubinstein in Tel Aviv (2023) and the Concours de Genève (2022). He has performed at Carnegie Hall, London’s St John’s Smith Square, and festivals including La Roque-d’Anthéron, Duszniki-Zdrój, ‘Chopin and His Europe,’ and the Oxford Piano Festival. Since debuting with the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra, he has regularly performed with ensembles such as those of Edmonton, Calgary, Taipei, the NAC Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and the Hungarian National Orchestra.Kevin Chen, photo by Wojciech Grzędziński
