Kuan-Wei Chen

Biography

Kuan-Wei Chen began studying piano at five. At sixteen, he was admitted to the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, studying with Prof. Konrad Maria Engel, and later pursued a master’s at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna under Prof. Anna Malikova. In March 2025, he won 5th Prize and one special award at the 70th Maria Canals International Piano Competition. In 2024, he won 1st Prize and the Audience Award at the Giovanni Colafemmina Piano Competition, and the Yamaha Foundation Scholarship in Austria. He also earned 1st Prize at the Radovljica International Piano Competition in 2023. In the same month, he received 3rd Prize and two special prizes—Best Interpretation of Commissioned Work and La Flandre Assurances Prize—at the 4th Les Étoiles du Piano Competition.