East Studio Building, JS230
Education
- D.M., Indiana University, 2013
- M.M., Indiana University, 1999
- B.M., Indiana University, 1997
Biography
Chih-Yi Chen is senior lecturer in music in collaborative piano at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she has been on faculty since 2003. She has been part of the Chamber and Collaborative Music Department since it began in 2016.
She is also on faculty at the IU Summer String Academy. Her versatile qualities as a collaborative partner, chamber musician, soloist, and teacher have contributed to a distinguished national and international career.
Chen has been performing with International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) laureates since 2003, including 2018 gold medalist Richard Lin. She was an official pianist for the ninth and tenth quadrennial competitions and was awarded special recognition for “Best Performance” of both the Beethoven and the Mozart sonatas at the 2018 IVCI.
Her early work with the talented young violinists of the IU Violin Virtuosi, directed by Mimi Zweig, led to performances in France, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Japan, and throughout the United States.
Chen has collaborated with numerous musicians, including violinists Noah Bendix-Balgley, Jaime Laredo, Andrés Cárdenes, David Chan, Barnabás Kelemen, Simone Lamsma, Nai-Yuan Hu, Liviu Prunaru, Mihaela Martin, Augustin Hadelich, Clara-Jumi Kang, Soovin Kim, Susie Park, Luke Hsu, and Svetlin Roussev; violists Atar Arad, Brian Chen, and Masumi Per Rostad; cellists Sharon Robinson, Peter Stumpf, and Bion Tsang; clarinetists James Campbell and Howard Klug; bassoonist William Ludwig; and flutist Thomas Robertello. She has also performed with the Michelangelo, Pacifica, Rubens, and Verona string quartets.
She has served as an adjudicator for competitions including the National Society of Arts and Letters.
Born in Taipei, Chen earned her Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Music degrees from Indiana University, where she studied with Lev Vlasenko and Luba Edlina-Dubinsky, pianist of the Borodin Trio.