Jie Chen (pianist)

Jie Chen (simplified Chinese: 陈洁; traditional Chinese: 陳潔; pinyin: Chén Jié, born 1985) is a Chinese pianist.

Chen studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music. She debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra at age 16, and has concertized around the world, including performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.

She has won a number of prizes,[1] including winning fourth place at the 11th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.[2]

Her concerts have been well received.[3]


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Accepted by The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at the age of thirteen, Ms Chen made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Maestro Wolfgang Sawallisch at age sixteen. She has given solo recitals in many leading concert venues around the world, including the Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Louvre Museum, etc.

A frequent soloist with major orchestras, Ms. Chen has collaborated with the Minnesota Orchestra and Maestro Osmo Vanska, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Neemi Jarvi, Madrid Orquesta Sinfonica and Jesus Lopez-cobos, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Israel Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia of Poland, and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

Although making a name for performing Western music, Ms. Chen has developed a keen dedication to bring Chinese traditional music to the world’s concert stage. Her debut album titled “Chinese Piano Favourites” (8.570602) was released to critical acclaim on the Naxos label.

Her second album under Marco Polo lable, “The Yellow River/ Butterfly Lovers (8.225984), has won her the Best Album of the Year award by the Asian Hi-Fi Society.

Besides her performing career, Ms. Jie Chen is also the founder and director of the Music Department at the University of Shanghai Science and Technology (USST), and was awarded the “Ambassador for Arts and Education” by the Shanghai International Arts Festival. She was named “Top 30 under 30” in classical music world by the KDFC radio Los Angeles, CCTV “top 10 pianist in China”, and “Culture Leader” by the Shanghai Government.

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