Kwanyee Chan (Piano)

Teaching location: London

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Kwanyee Chan completed her Bachelor of Music (Contemporary Music and Performance Pedagogy) in 2018 at the Education University of Hong Kong, studying with Tino Maxwell where she received the CCA Artistic Excellence Award. Currently, she was awarded a Scholarship to study Artist Masters programme at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London where she studies with Professor Lucy Parham.

Kwanyee has been performing actively in both her hometown Hong Kong and London such as the Barbican Centre’s Milton Court, Hong Kong City Hall, RTHK Radio 4 and Hong Kong Cultural Centre. In April 2018 she performed ‘Ink and paper ’by Hong Kong Young Composer Meilina Tsui, in the Match Making Concert 2018 – Emerging Composer/Emerging Performer. Same year, she performed concerto with EdUHK Orchestra in Sha Tin City Hall. In 2019 she was invited to record two new works by Hong Kong composer Elena Chiu and Leung Hin-yan and perform in the Contemporary Choral Composition of Chinese poems concerts held by the Hong Kong Composers Guild. In September 2021 she was invited to perform in a global concert in London featuring women pianist-composers from the Spanish-speaking world, organized by Festival International de Música de Tecla Española.

Kwanyee has also worked with greatly acclaimed pianists such as Colleen Lee, Paolo Vairo, Mary Woo, Carl Lo, Julie Kwok, Rachel Cheung and Havilland Willshire in International masterclasses during her undergraduate degree. She has won top prizes at competitions including the 2nd prize at the 2016 Liszt Memorial Prize International Piano Competition and Champion at the 2017 Macao-Asia Pacific Youth Piano Competition. She has also won 1rd prize in the 2016 Hong Kong Youth Music Competition, as well as the 1st prize in the 2021 Red Maple Music Competition.

Kwanyee was recently selected to be on the artist roster of Talent Unlimited.

Orchestral experience

With orchestra

• EdUHK orchestra Annual performance, Hong Kong —2018

Piece: Warsaw Concerto

• Women Composers of Spain and Spanish America Concert hold by Spanish Embassy and Festival International de Música de Tecla Española (FIMTE)
• Chopin Concerto 2 with String Quintet - Capeli Cymraeg Llundain Church
• Chopin Concerto 2 with String Quintet - Westminster Music Library

With Choir

• ‘Sweet voice’ Yuen Long DAC Treble Choir annual performance
• ‘Creative Carnival’ outdoor performance
• ‘Thanks giving’, the 15th Yuen Long DAC Treble Choir annual performance
• 2019 World Youth & Children's Choir Festival - Hong Kong
• 2019 2nd Harbin International Children's Choir Festival
• 25th Yuen Long District Arts Festival: When East meets Kids
• 25th Yuen Long District Arts Festival: Masterclass of Choir conducting
• ‘Born to sing’, Yuen Long DAC Treble Choir annual performance

30th May 2019

• Piano Accompanist, Contemporary Choral compositions of Chinese poems concert, Hong Kong Composer Guild (School: Wah Yan College, Hong Kong) Pieces written by Hong Kong Composer Elena Chiu and Leung Hin-yan

Teaching experience

• Piano tutor, Eddy Piano Co.,Ltd., Hong Kong — 2015-2020 Piano tutor, My Music Workshop, Hong Kong — 2015-2020
• Piano Accompanist, Concert Choir, Yuen Long District Arts Committee Treble Choir, Hong Kong — 2015 - 2020
• Piano Accompanist, Choir of Yuen Long Merchants Association Secondary School, Hong Kong — 2019-2020
• Free-lance Piano Tutor — Present

Teaching languages

Cantonese, English

You can enjoy one of her performances in our blog post!

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