他被美国音乐评论家们誉为“冉冉升起的魅力之星”，并被保罗和戴丝·索罗斯基金会授予“新美国人奖”。

曾获得2013年范·克莱本国际钢琴大赛的季军、茱莉亚音乐学院钢琴协奏比赛一等奖、吉纳·巴夏尔国际钢琴比赛奖、汉城国际音乐比赛奖、美国克利夫兰国际钢琴比赛奖等国际大奖。

　　陈宣尧出生于美国弗罗里达州，在加州洛杉矶西部的橡树园（Oak Park）长大。早在上大学以前，他就获得了令人印象深刻的成就，包括被选拨参加美国国家杰出青年艺术家基金会艺术周的演出活动，先后以优异的成绩获得过洛杉矶音乐中心艺术灿烂之星项目颁发的奖学金和2006年总统奖学金。这一切荣誉加上他在其他专业上的努力使得他同时收到了麻省理工学院（MIT）、哈佛大学和茱莉亚音乐学院等多个大学的录取通知。经过再三考虑和出于对音乐的热爱，陈宣尧最终选择成为专业音乐人，他在茱莉亚音乐学院获得了音乐学士和硕士学位（2006-2012年）。

　　陈宣尧获得过很多国际大奖，在学习期间他得过茱莉亚音乐学院钢琴协奏比赛一等奖，吉纳·巴夏尔国际钢琴比赛奖，汉城国际音乐比赛奖，美国克利夫兰国际钢琴比赛奖等。其中最重要的奖项就是保罗和戴丝·索罗斯基金会的“新美国人奖”，此奖重在表彰为艺术作出杰出贡献的美国年轻移民。2013年，他又赢得美国钢琴届最具含金量的奖项之一――全美钢琴家协会四年一度颁发的比赛大奖，成为斯坦威钢琴特邀的古典音乐演奏家。同年，他也获得了范·克莱本国际钢琴大赛的季军。陈宣尧结合了精湛的演奏技巧和优秀的音乐素养，被美国音乐评论家们誉为“冉冉升起的魅力之星”。2014年，他在耶鲁大学获得了艺术家学位，该学位由耶鲁大学设置，颁发给拥有艺术硕士学位的卓越演奏家和作曲家。

　　陈宣尧曾经与许多著名乐团合作过，包括沃思堡、哈特福德、印第安纳波利斯、密尔沃基、凤凰城、圣地亚哥、圣达菲、图森等交响乐团，以及费城、印第安纳波利斯及南湾等地的室内乐团。其中合作过的著名指挥家包括伦纳德·斯拉特金、杰拉德·施瓦茨、米格尔·哈思-贝多亚、马塞洛·勒宁格尔、尼尔·卡巴列提、詹姆斯·贾德、乔治·汉森和鲍里斯·布洛特等。他也把独奏会开在了全球众多的表演中心，包括波士顿乔丹音乐厅、纽约艺术中心、华盛顿史密松宁美国艺术博物馆、台北音乐厅、阿姆斯特丹国家音乐厅，还有巴黎的柯而多音乐厅等。

　　作为一个音乐多面手，陈宣尧除了钢琴表演，陈宣尧也作曲、改编曲目和即兴演奏。他的授业恩师包括著名的华人钢琴家陈洪宽，特马·布莱克斯通，爱德华·弗朗西斯，杰罗姆·洛文塔尔和马蒂·雷卡里奥。他一直倡导新音乐，主张与作曲家合作以更好的演绎作品。他曾经合作过的作曲家包括：丽莎·比尔拉瓦，迈克尔·威廉斯，尼克·艾森斯，迈克尔·吉尔伯特和雷纳尔多·莫亚。

Sean Yow Chen

Hailed as a charismatic rising star with “an exceptional ability to connect with an audience combined with an easy virtuosity” (Huffington Post), 29-year-old American pianist Sean Chen, third prize winner at the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and recipient of the DeHaan Classical Fellowship as the winner of the 2013 American Pianists Awards, has continued to earn accolades for “alluring, colorfully shaded renditions” (New York Times) and “genuinely sensitive” (LA Times) playing. Sean was recently named a 2015 fellow by the prestigious Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the Performing Arts.

He has performed with many prominent orchestras, including the Fort Worth, Hartford, Hudson Valley, Indianapolis, Knoxville, Louisiana Philharmonic, Milwaukee, North Carolina, Pasadena, Phoenix, Plano, San Diego, Santa Fe, Tucson, and New West Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Philadelphia, Indianapolis, and South Bay Chamber Orchestras, collaborating with such esteemed conductors as Leonard Slatkin, Gerard Schwarz, Nicholas McGegan, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Marcelo Lehninger, Nir Kabaretti, James Judd, George Hanson, Hector Guzman, and Boris Brott. Solo recitals have brought him to major venues worldwide, including Jordan Hall in Boston, Subculture in New York City, the American Art Museum at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Salle Cortot in Paris.

As a result of his relationship with both orchestral musicians and audience members, Mr. Chen has made return appearance with several orchestras, including the San Diego Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Indianapolis Chamber, Carmel Symphony, and Sunriver Festival Orchestras. Lauded for his natural charisma and approachable personality, Mr. Chen is particularly in demand for residencies that combine performances with master classes, school concerts, and artist conversations. He has visited institutions such as the Cleveland School of Music, Indiana University, University of British Columbia, Spotlight Awards at the Los Angeles Music Center, Young Artist World Piano Festival, and several Music Teachers’ Associations throughout the country as either a masterclass teacher or resident artist.

Mr. Chen has been featured in both live and recorded performances on WQXR (New York), WFMT (Chicago), WGBH (Boston), WFYI (Indianapolis), NPR’s From the Top, and American Public Media’s Performance Today. Additional media coverage includes a profile featured on the cover of Clavier Companion in May 2015, recognition as “One to Watch” by International Piano Magazine in March 2014, and inclusion in WFMT’s “30 Under 30.”

His CD releases include La Valse, a solo recording on the Steinway label, hailed for “penetrating artistic intellect” (Audiophile Audition); a live recording from the Cliburn Competition released by harmonia mundi, praised for his “ravishing tone and cogently contoured lines” (Gramophone); and an album of Michael Williams’s solo piano works on the Parma label. Mr. Chen has also contributed to the catalog of Steinway’s new Spirio system, and is a Steinway Artist.

A multifaceted musician, Mr. Chen also transcribes, composes, and improvises. His transcription of Ravel’s La Valse has been received with glowing acclaim, and his encore improvisations are lauded as “genuinely brilliant” (Dallas Morning News). His Prelude in F# was commissioned by fellow pianist Eric Zuber, and subsequently performed in New York. An advocate of new music, he has also collaborated with several composers and performed their works, including Lisa Bielawa, Michael Williams, Nicco Athens, Michael Gilbertson, and Reinaldo Moya.

Born in Florida, Mr. Chen grew up in the Los Angeles area of Oak Park, California. His impressive achievements before college include the NFAA ARTSweek, Los Angeles Music Center’s Spotlight, and 2006 Presidential Scholars awards. These honors combined with diligent schoolwork facilitated offers of acceptance by MIT, Harvard, and The Juilliard School. Choosing to study music, Mr. Chen earned his Bachelor and Master of Music from Juilliard, meanwhile garnering several awards, most notably the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. He received his Artist Diploma in 2014 at the Yale School of Music as a George W. Miles Fellow. His teachers include Hung-Kuan Chen, Tema Blackstone, Edward Francis, Jerome Lowenthal, and Matti Raekallio.

Mr. Chen is currently living in Kansas City, Missouri with his wife, Betty, who plays violin in the Kansas City Symphony. He will be teaching at the University of Missouri, Kansas City as an Artist-in-Residence this coming fall. When not at the piano, Mr. Chen enjoys tinkering with computers.