MUSIC TUTTI 2010
Chen Liu, pianist
Born in 1981, Chen Liu began her piano studies at the age of four. She studied with her grandfather who was the former chairman of the piano department at Xi An Conservatory of Music. At the age of ten, Chen was selected to study piano with Professor Zhao Yi Dan in Shenzhen School of Arts, and won numerous prizes in nation-wide competitions in her childhood.
Chen entered the Belarusian National Academy of Music, Belarus at the age of eighteen, where she began her undergraduate studies in 1999. To further nurture her music talent, she got accepted by University Mozarteum, Salzburg and completed Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance on full scholarship in 2006. Since then, she has continued to hone her craft by regularly participating in master classes and festivals in Europe, such as Zakopane Academy of Art Competition in Poland and Mozarteum Summerakademie in Salzburg, Austria. As a piano soloist, she has been performing in different venues from National Grand Theatre in Belarus, Schubert Recital Hall in Vienna, to Mozart Concert Hall in Salzburg.
Chen resided in Toronto, Canada since 2007, and studied privately with Professor Alma Petchersky at the Faculty of Music in University of Toronto. Chen was finalist for Twelve Pacific International Piano Competition in Vancouver, Canada, The First Chinese International Piano Competition in New York, USA. She was invited to give solo recitals and concerto appearance at Xi An Conservatory of Music New Concert Hall in 2007. She performed piano solo for Chinese-Canadian Performing Arts Festival in Toronto, and worked as piano accompanist with Toronto Holiday Symphony Orchestra in Beijing 2008 Olympic Celebration Concert. Meanwhile, she runs a busy private music studio in Markham. Her wealth of knowledge in music and unique style of teaching have consistently produced students achieving high standings in RCM examinations, and winning scholarships from various music festivals.