A native of Hong Kong, pianist Kin-Hang Chu gained attention through his recent performances in the Festival del ridotto di Stradella at the Palazzo Isimbardi, Municipio di Stradella, Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival at the Chiesa di San Domenico, and the RTHK4 Rachmaninoff Piano Week at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Concert Hall. Chu has been performing as a soloist in festivals and concert series; his playing combines simplicity and sophistication, tenderness and demoniac, embodying a synthesis of seeming polar opposites that coalesce into a unique artistic personality.

Chu’s successes include winning first prizes at the Hong Kong Children & Youth Piano Contest, the Hong Kong and Asia Piano Open Competition, The Asian Youth Music Competition, the Hong Kong (Asia Pacific) Piano Competition, The Gifted Pianist Contest, and the annual Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. Moreover, he has also won top prizes in the 77th Steinway & Sons International Youth Piano Competition and the Hong Kong Generation Next Arts Competition. Furthermore, he has excelled in The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music examinations, making him the High Scorer of the year.

Kin-Hang has presented solo performances including the ABRSM High Scorer’s Concert and the 68th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival Winner’s Concert (Composer of the Year Category – Sergei Prokofiev). He has also performed in the RTHK Radio 4 Classical Channel Live Radio Programme after gaining the First Prize in The Gifted Pianist Contest and Second Prize in the 77th Steinway & Sons International Youth Piano Competition. Moreover, he has been engaged at many prestigious venues such as the Fresco Hall of Schloss Zell an der Pram, The University of Hong Kong Centennial Campus Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre Grand Hall, the Hong Kong Baptist University Academic Community Hall, and local town halls and theatres.

Graduated from Gabriel Kwok’s class at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, he is a recipient of The Jacky Cheung Scholarships, the HKAPA Alumni Association Scholarship, and the Academy Piano Progress Prize. Throughout his studies, he has received valuable inspiration from working with such artists as Boris Berman, Enrico Elisi, James Giles, Ian Jones, Yoshikazu Nagai, and Natalia Trull.

In Fall 2023, Kin-Hang begins his master’s studies with Steven Spooner at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.