Bader & Overton Canadian Piano Competition House Program 2023

Canadian virtuoso pianist Chris Chu has been studying piano since
the age of three. Praised for his thrilling technicality and remarkable
musicality, combined with an expansive knowledge of styles,
background, and historical influences in the world of classical music, he
has already amassed on impressive array of musical accomplishments,
having won numerous nationwide awards. Among his accolades are
first prize in the Senior Division of the First North American Steinway
Piano Competition held in Vancouver, Canada 2018; first prize in the
National Class at Kiwanis Music festival, representing the province of
British Columbia to participate in the National Federal Canadian Music
Festival in summer 2017 where he earned second prize; first prize at
American Fine Arts Festival International Concerto Competition in
2017; a grand first prize at the Canadian Music Competition in 2011, and
numerous first prizes from both the Vancouver Kiwanis Music Festivals
and Richmond Music Festivals in Canada, since 2008. He has also
performed in gala concerts, having been named most promising and
outstanding young pianist in competitions.
Chris made his solo recital debut in 2018, touring China in Harbin,
Nanjing and Shanghai as well as in Canada the same year. He has
been invited to perform on numerous special occasions, such as at
the Vancouver Playhouse, Koerner Recital Hall, VSO Pyatt Hall, etc., at
various charity events, and for multiple senior homes. Chris has also
performed internationally, at notable venues around the world; in USA
at Carnegie Hall and Steinway Hall New York, Paul and Morse Hall at the
Juilliard School, Mary Emery Hall Cincinnati, Zipper Hall Los Angeles,
Field Concert Hall Philadelphia, Warner Concert Hall Oberlin, and
Auer Hall in Indiana; in Switzerland at Volkshaus Biel, and in Austria at
Vienna’s Freskensaal Schloss Laudon. In 2018, Chris made his orchestral
debut performing as a concerto soloist with the Philharmonic Orchestra
of Budweis in Switzerland.
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