Kevin Chow - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality Australia

Place of Birth Subiaco

Date of Birth November 14, 1996

Prizes

2018 First Prize (Piano) and Grand Finalist: The ABC Australian Young Performers Award (Sydney, Australia)

2017 First Prize and The John Allison/Henderson Piano Scholarship: Sydney Eisteddfod (Sydney, Australia)

2016 Winner: Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Concerto Competition (Melbourne, Australia)

2015 Fourth Prize: Thailand International Piano Competition (Nakhon Pathom, Thailand)

Kevin Chow has a Bachelor of Music with Honours from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, having studied under Glenn Riddle. He is recently obtained his Master of Music at Yale University under full scholarship, studying with Boris Slutsky and previously Peter Serkin and Boris Berman.

Kevin has performed extensively throughout Australia and given recitals in China, America, Thailand, Morocco, Greece, New Zealand and Indonesia. He has performed as a soloist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Orchestra and City of Fremantle Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated in masterclasses with notable musicians including Emanuel Ax, Paavali Jumppanen, Lang Lang, Boris Berman, Alessio Bax and Leslie Howard. A keen chamber musician, he has worked with New Haven New Music Initiative and will perform in the 2020 Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

Highlights in Kevin’s career have included performing for HRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall in Melbourne and having his performances broadcast on radio throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E♭ minor BWV 853

Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No.4 Op.52

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Percy Grainger: from Free Settings of Favourite Melodies

IV. Strauss. Der Rosenkavalier. Ramble on the Last Love Duet

Franz Liszt: from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S.173

III. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude

Claude Debussy: L'Isle Joyeuse L.106

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Franz Liszt: from Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert S.565

II. Der Müller und der Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ Major Op.106 ‘Hammerklavier’

I. Allegro

II. Scherzo. Assai vivace

III. Adagio sostenuto

IV. Introduzione. Largo – Fuga: Allegro risoluto

Igor Stravinsky/Guido Agosti: Three movements from ‘The Firebird’

I. Infernal Dance
II. Lullaby
III. Finale

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

Richard Strauss: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E♭ Major Op.18

I. Allegro, ma non troppo

II. Improvisation: Andante cantabile

III. Finale: Andante – Allegro

Fritz Kreisler: Three Old Viennese Dances

III. Schön Rosmarin

OR Sergei Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Op.19

I. Lento

II. Allegro scherzando

III. Andante

IV. Allegro mosso

Edward Elgar: Salut d’amour Op.12

Finals

Final Round 1: Concerto with String Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major Op.58

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andante con moto

III. Rondo. Vivace

Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30

I. Allegro ma non tanto
II. Intermezzo: Adagio
III. Finale: Alla breve