JunyanChen

Junyan Chen won Second Prize at the 2024 Leeds International Piano Competition also winning the prizes for chamber music and a work by a woman composer. In the competition final she performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.4 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Domingo Hindoyan. She has also played this work with Edward Gardner, in a concert that was live-streamed on Classic FM.

Forthcoming solo engagements include London (Wigmore Hall), Leeds, Harrogate and Liverpool. In spring 2025 Junyan will collaborate with the Manchester Collective in a project including a world premiere by Héloïse Werner with performances in Manchester, Leeds and London (Southbank Centre). An enthusiastic performer of contemporary music, she has collaborated with Hans Abrahamsen, Eleanor Alberga, Mark Anthony-Turnage and Dominic Muldowney.

Her debut solo album, It's Time, features works by Fazil Say, Unsuk Chin, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Eleanor Alberga. Released by Linn Records in 2022, this disc explores cultural identity through different musical genres and art forms, including Turkish folk ballad, jazz, Russian poetry, and African dance.

Junyan Chen lives in London, having recently graduated from the Royal Academy of Music where she studied with Professor Joanna MacGregor.