Harry Chen 🇺🇸 USA

PIANIST

Harry is 10. He is currently in 4th grade. He is a piano student of Dr. Anna Ouspenskaya since the Fall of 2016. He won 2nd place for the Arts of Piano International Competition 2018, with his Petite Concerto for Piano by Samonov. He won 1st place for the Piano Concerto Festival 2019 of NVMTA, with his Haydn Piano Concertino in F Major, Hob XVIII: F2, Movement 1. The same piece also won him 2nd place for The Best Haydn Performance International Competition 2019 and the Music of Germany and Austria International Competition. He also won 2nd place for The Best Bach Performance International Competition 2019, with his Musette. He performed Kabalevsky’s Easy Variations on a Russian Folk Song at Carnegie Hall May 2019 and won 3rd place in Grand Prizes. In 2020, he won 2nd place in American Fine Arts Festival with his Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 8, in C major K.246 1st movement. He is among the semifinalists in the International Sound Expressivo Competition in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, he won 3rd place for the Best of Mozart Performance with his Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 5, Movements 1 & 2. He also won 2nd place for the Best of Tchaikovsky Performance with his Neopolitan Song, as well as 2nd place for the Best Instrumental Music (Piano) with the Cats and the Mouse by Aaron Copland. He also won 1st place for the Best Kabalevsky Performance with his Youth Concerto. In 2023, he won 2nd place for American Music Talent Competition, and Honorable Mention in NVMTA ConcertoFest Competition. He is scheduled to play at Carnegie Hall in May 2023. He loves Symphonies No. 7 and 9 of Beethoven. His favorite concerto is Tchaikovsky 1st piano concerto. Currently he is also learning violin, badminton, and ballet.