Wei Chen is a pianist and piano teacher from China. He is a student of Prof. Inge Rosar at the “International J. S. Bach Academy in Memoriam Walter Blankenheim “. He has studied Bach, Mozart, Chopin and others with her, and has taken part in many of the Academy’s professional seminars on Bach’s works. He studied piano performance in Switzerland and attended classes with professors from Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel， Hochschule der künste Bern, Conservatoire de Lausanne and Geneva Conservatories and Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, such as Prof. Tobias Schabenberger, Prof. Tomasz Herbut, Prof. Pirre Goy, Prof. Karl-Andreas Kolly and others.
Currently, Wei is studying for a Master’s degree at the Centre for Performance Science at the Royal College of Music in London, where he is focusing on performance psychology and pedagogy, with a particular emphasis on practice and memory strategies. After completing this degree, he will continue his second master’s degree in piano performance at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen.
He also has extensive and unique experience in the field of piano teaching and can address students’ problems in a very focused and creative way. He has won the first prize in a teaching skills competition at South China Normal University. The HongKong International Music Association（IMA）has honoured him with the title of “Excellent Piano Teacher Of International”.
He has received a number of awards including：
The Bach International Music Competition, Gold Prize.
The Franz Schubert International Music Competition, Gold Prize, Outstanding Interpretation Special Prize.
The Vivaldi International Music Competition, Gold Prize in Category Etude.
The Manchester International Music Competition, Gold Prize.
The London Young Musician, Gold Prize.
The Beethoven International Music Competition, Gold Prize, Virtuosic Performance Special Award.
The Vienna-St.Petersburg Winter Kunst Festival International Arts Contest, Diploma Laurrate I degree.
The Brandenburg International Music Competition, Gold Prize.
The Best Classical Musicians Awards, Gold Prize.
2023 Orbetello Piano Competition International, Silver Prize
2023 Cambridge Music Competition, Platinum Prize，Baroque B, Etude, Great Interpretation Special Prize
2023 AD LIBITUM International Piano Competition
Etude Gold Prize
Bach Silver Prize
Baroque Silver Prize
Classical Bronze Prize
Piano Master（Professional）Silver Prize
2023 European Spring Music Competition, Professional Gold Prize
2023 Great Piano Master，Professional Silver Prize
2023 Universal Stars Music Competition, Gold Prize
UK International Music Competition, Absolutely First Prize.
You can find Wei’s 2023 Baroque Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Wei’s 2023 19th Century Music Competition piano performance here.