Kevin Chen

At age 7, he made his orchestral debut with the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra, and performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Island Symphony, the Astana Opera Symphony Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra. Kevin counts Colleen Athparia and Marilyn Engle among his teachers, and has participated in numerous master classes with acclaimed pianists including Emanuel Ax, Alessio Bax, Katherine Chi, John Perry, Minsoo Sohn, and Roman Rabinovich. Kevin is an avid composer, having created over 100 works including four full symphonies for orchestra and one piano concerto. Many of Kevin’s compositions have been commissioned and performed in concert. Following the 2013 flood in High River, Kevin composed the work River Rhapsody to celebrate the strength and resilience of our community. In 2021, he became the youngest winner of Budapest International Competition. In 2020, he takes first place in the Mozart International Piano Competition in Switzerland, and also won the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. In July 2019, Kevin won first place in the e-Piano Junior Competition as well as two additional prizes for the best performance of a Schubert and a Russian work. In May 2019, Kevin was a laureate in the Astana Piano Passion Competition (Kazakhstan).

Photos: Anne-laure Lechat