Cindy WY Chen

Pianist Cindy Wei-Ying Chen, a native of Taiwan, holds both Bachelor's and Master's Degree of Music from Juilliard School where she studied under tutelage of Gyorgy Sandor. She also received a Master of Art in Music Education from Teacher's College, Columbia University.

In addition to her teaching and performing career, Ms. Chen has been deeply involved in early childhood music education and was certified as Kindermusik teacher in 2006. Ms. Chen now serves as Music Director for "Little Mozart Music Program" at KonWah Day School in Flushing, NY, and is also on Piano Faculty at Amadeus Music School and maintains a private studio for the past 10 years in New York metropolitan area.

Ms. Chen has received numerous high honors and music awards, which includes Harvard Musical Association Achievement Award, New England Piano Teachers' Association Scholarship Competition, Sarasota Chamber Music Festival Award, Taichung Piano Competition, and Taiwan National Piano Competition.

Ms. Chen has performed extensively both as soloist and chamber musician in major concert halls in the United States and abroad, such as: Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, Juilliard Theater, Jordon Hall, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota Chamber Music Festival, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Walnut Hill School Theater, Taiwan Center, Bryant Library, Flushing Library, Taipei Economic Cultural Office in New York, Messiah Lutheran Church, Taiwan Christian Church of Binghamton, National Cheng-Kong University, National Taiwan University Hospital, and Chung-Hsing Hall in Taiwan.

Ms. Chen also offer to prepare her students the opportunity to take the NYSSMA and ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal School of Music) Piano Exams.