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Handpicked by Brian Eno as the one to watch, Australian-Taiwanese pianist Belle Chen has distinguished herself with her unique live performances and recorded works that are unbound by tradition- often mixing classical music language across multiple genres through improvisation, electronics, extended technique, and sound design.
Belle’s creativity as a performer has seen her grace the stages of several major festivals and key venues ranging from BBC Radio 3 70th Anniversary at Royal Festival Hall, Latitude Festival, The Roundhouse to Café OTO. Her work was selected by BBC Radio 3 as one of top 4 best new music by BBC Introducing Classical Artist.
In 2018, she was one of nine official jury-selected showcase artists to perform at De Doelen for Classical:NEXT, where she appears in representation of Australia and United Kingdom, and becomes the first Australian artist to perform at the world's largest global art music conference. In the same year, she is elected as Associate of Royal Academy of Music for significant contribution in the music profession.
A musical maverick, Belle's music is forever evolving. Her newest set of works (Departure, 2019) draws inspiration from traditional music and sounds from around the world, in which she transforms the acoustic piano to evoke the sounds of a wide array of instruments including the Indonesian Gamelan, flamenco guitar, Chinese guqin, steel drum, cajun, and more.
Belle has been lecturing Multimedia and Cross-Artform Collaboration with Piano Performance at Royal Academy of Music since 2014. In 2018, she was awarded PRS Foundation's International Showcase Fund, and Arts Council England's National Lottery Project Grant.