Year of birth: 2000
Place of birth: Taoyuan
Educated in: Vienna
Place of residence: Vienna
(Plays in Vienna)
Finalist of the 65th Ferruccio Busoni
International Piano Competition
Watch Kuan-Wei Chen performance.
A. Skrjabin - Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 10 S. Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux op. 39, no. 9
Kuan-Wei Chen, began his musical journey at the age of 5 with his first piano lessons. At the age of 16, he was admitted to the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, Germany, where he studied under Prof. Konrad Maria Engel. In 2021, Kuan-Wei completed his bachelor's degree and is currently pursuing a master's degree at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under the guidance of Prof. Anna Malikova. In November 2023, he won first place at the "4th Radovljica International Piano Competition" in Slovenia. Simultaneously, in November in Roubaix, Kuan-Wei Chen received third place and two special prizes at the 4th international piano competition "Les Etoiles du piano" in France. In February 2024, he won the scholarship at Yamaha foundation in Austria.
Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.
Candidates who withdrew from the competition:
Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng