Taiwanese-American Yvonne Chen is a pianist advocating for classical music in the twenty-first century, whether in the teaching studio, on the concert stage, or in the community.

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Taiwanese-American pianist Yvonne Chen performs across the US as a solo recitalist and a chamber musician. Recent collaborators and presenters include Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, WindSync, MUSIQA, Performing Arts Houston, Music in Context, DACAMERA, and Houston Chamber Choir. In Houston, upon receiving the 2017 Presser Graduate Music Award at Rice University, she co-founded Loop38, whose concerts have been featured in Houstonia Magazine, Houston CityBook, Arts and Culture TX, and the Houston Chronicle.

Originally from the Washington, DC area, Chen received degrees in piano performance from the Juilliard School and graduated with a doctoral degree from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music in December 2019. Chen has recently formed Pipe and Key, a piano-organ duo with organist Yuri McCoy, and has been on the piano faculty of St. John's School since 2017.

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