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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 Team, University Package. "Chia Chou". schubert.kug.ac.at. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "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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