2020 Festival Artists

Kevin Chow

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Melbourne, Australia.

Perth-born Kevin Chow completed his Bachelor of Music (Hons) degree at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music studying piano with Glenn Riddle. He is currently completing a Master of Music degree at Yale University under full scholarship and fellowship, studying with Peter Serkin and Boris Slutsky.

Kevin was a finalist in the 2018 ABC Young Performer of the Year, performing Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 2 with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House. Kevin has also given concerto performances that include Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev with orchestras such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Thailand Philharmonic, Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra, Fremantle Symphony and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestras.

Kevin's competition awards include First Prize in the Sydney Eisteddfod John Allison/Henderson Piano Scholarship and the 3MBS Performer of the Year. Internationally Kevin has been a finalist in the Thailand International Piano Competition and semi-finalist in both the Virginia Waring and Suzhou Jinji Lake International Piano Competitions.

He has received the Mary Clapp Howell Scholarship and Harry&Margaret Simeone Fellow from Yale University, as well as he Frederick Harlock and Phyllis Judd/Therese de Kretser from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Kevin is a gracious recipient of the Mary Elizabeth McComas Foundation Piano Scholarship and the Ian Potter Cultural Award.

Kevin has performed extensively throughout Australia and also given recitals in China, America, Thailand, Morocco, Greece, New Zealand and Indonesia. Highlights include performing for HRH Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwell in Melbourne. Kevin has broadcast on major radio stations in Australia and New Zealand and has participated in masterclasses with notable musicians including Paavali Jumppanen, Boris Berman, Lang Lang, Alessio Bax and Leslie Howard. Kevin is an avid chamber musician having worked with the New Haven New Music Initiative. He is greatly anticipating his multiple collaborations and performances during the Australian Festival of Chamber Music in 2020.