Pianist Han Chen, partly trained in China and the U.S., has made a growing impact in both traditional repertory and the New York avant-garde music scene. He is active as a composer as well.
Chen was born in Taichung, Taiwan, in 1992. His talents were identified early, and he enrolled in the Shanghai Conservatory Middle School in 2004. Early on, he notched performances with the China Symphony Orchestra, the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, and the Xiamen Orchestra. In 2010, Chen moved to the U.S. to study at the Juilliard School in Manhattan, where he worked with Yoheved Ka...