JunyanChen

Junyan Chen will make her debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra this season performing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 4. She played this concerto in the final of the Leeds International Piano Competition 2024, where she won Second Prize. In Leeds she collaborated with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Domingo Hindoyan; having previously performed the work with Edward Gardner and the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra.

Highlights of the 2025/26 season include solo recital debuts in Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Fribourg, and at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, as well as a return to Wigmore Hall in London. In 2025 Junyan performed Sur Incises in a London concert celebrating the centenary of Pierre Boulez, conducted by Susanna Mälkki. As an enthusiastic performer of contemporary music, she regularly collaborates with Manchester Collective and Her Ensemble. Junyan has worked closely with composers including Hans Abrahamsen, Mark Anthony-Turnage and Dominic Muldowney. 

Her debut solo album, It's Time (Linn Records, 2022), features works by Fazıl Say, Unsuk Chin, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Eleanor Alberga. The disc explores cultural identity through a diverse range of musical genres and art forms.

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