Chia Chou Explained

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. In 1980–81, he won the Mendelssohn Competition[3] in Berlin and the second edition of the Sydney Competition;[4] 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.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012-02-18. Oehmsclassics: Rubens, Sibylla - Engelbert Humperdinck: Sämtliche Lieder für Singstimme und Klavier. 2020-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20120218153101/http://www.oehmsclassics.de/cd.php?formatid=323&sprache=eng. 18 February 2012.
  2. Web site: Team. University Package. Chia Chou. 2020-09-13. schubert.kug.ac.at. en.
  3. Web site: Detail. 2020-09-13. queenelisabethcompetition.be. fr.
  4. News: Reuters. 1981-07-28. Chia Chou, a Pianist, Wins Competition. en-US. The New York Times. 0362-4331.
  5. Web site: 2008-10-06. University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz Austria. 2020-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20081006132719/http://www.kug.ac.at/englisch/teachersstaff_e.shtml. 6 October 2008.

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