Chia Chou

Chia Chou (born 1960) is a Taiwanese[1][2] pianist, and a naturalised Canadian citizen. He settled in Germany in the 1980s.

He had his first public performance at the age of 7.[1][2] In 1980–81, he won the Mendelssohn Competition[1][2][3] in Berlin and the second edition of the Sydney Competition;[1][4][2][3] a wide international concert career ensued. In 1983 he became the first artist with Chinese ancestry living abroad to perform in China since the Cultural Revolution.[3]

Chou is a member of the Parnassus Trio since 1990[1][2] and a professor in Chamber Music at the Kunstuniversität Graz since 2004.[1][5][3]

References
  1. "Oehmsclassics: Rubens, Sibylla - Engelbert Humperdinck: Sämtliche Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier". 18 February 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. Team, University Package. "Chia Chou". schubert.kug.ac.at. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "Detail". queenelisabethcompetition.be (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. "Chia Chou, a Pianist, Wins Competition". The New York Times. Reuters. 28 July 1981. ISSN 0362-4331.
  5. "University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz Austria". 6 October 2008. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2020.


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