Noted for his “elegant poetry and virtuosic fire.”
Concert Artists Guild International Competition
SEMI FINAL
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ABOUT ALAN
Noted for his “elegant poetry and virtuosic fire,” Alan Chow has won First Prize in the Concert Artists Guild International Competition, the UCLA International Piano Competition, and the Palm Beach Invitational International Piano Competition. Winner of the Silver Medal and Audience Favorite Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, he was also a prizewinner in the William Kapell International Piano Competition.
A Steinway artist, Mr. Chow has performed in recital and in concert with orchestras from coast to coast in almost all of the 50 states. His recitals have brought him to the major music centers including New York (Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall), Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago (Symphony Center and Ravinia), Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Seattle, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Miami. Concerto performances include appearances with the National Symphony, Utah Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Tulsa Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, and Omaha Symphony. Mr. Chow regularly tours Asia with performances in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, including performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic and the Pan-Asia Symphony. An avid chamber musician, he has collaborated with the American, Pacifica, Miami, and Escher String Quartets and has been guest artist at the Grand Canyon Chamber Music Festival, Bowdoin Music Festival, Juneau Jazz and Classics, San Juan Islands Chamber Music Festival, Kent Blossom Music Festival, Texas Music Festival, Music Festival of Arkansas and Music Mountain. In addition, he appears in joint recital engagements in the Cheng-Chow Trio with pianists Angela Cheng and Alvin Chow.
Also in demand for his teaching, Mr. Chow has given master classes throughout North America and in Asia and Europe at conservatories, universities and summer festivals including Indiana University, Manhattan School of Music, New Orleans International Piano Festival, Gina Bachauer International Piano Festival, Chicago International Music Festival, Bay PianoFest, Leon Fleisher Academy, John Perry Academy, Las Vegas Piano Festival, Classical Music Festival (Austria), Tunghai International Piano Festival (Taiwan), MK Piano Academy (Korea), Yunnan International Piano Festival (China) and in Singapore. Recently a guest professor at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and honored visiting professor at the Shenyang Conservatory, he is currently a Visiting Professor of Piano at the Menuhin School in Qingdao. He has also presented recitals, master classes, and lectures in China for the conservatories in Shanghai, Chengdu, Xian and Wuhan.
Mr. Chow studied with Nelita True at the University of Maryland where he graduated Co-Valedictorian with his twin brother Alvin, and received the Charles Manning Prize in the Creative and Performing Arts given to the outstanding graduate; with Sascha Gorodnitzki at The Juilliard School where he was awarded the Victor Herbert Prize in Piano; and with Menahem Pressler at Indiana University where he was the recipient of the Joseph Battista Memorial Scholarship. He also studied at the Mozarteum Sommerakademie with Carlo Zecchi.
Mr. Chow has previously served on the piano faculty of the University of Arkansas and Northwestern University. He is currently Professor of Piano and Chair of the Piano Department at the Eastman School of Music.