Alvin Chow

Alvin Chow has appeared throughout North America and in Asia as orchestral soloist and recitalist. In addition, he has performed extensively in duo-piano recitals with his wife, Angela Cheng, and his twin brother, Alan. A native of Miami, Florida, he graduated as Co-Valedictorian at the University of Maryland, where he was a student of Nelita True. Mr. Chow received the Victor Herbert Prize in Piano upon graduation from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Sascha Gorodnitzki, and held the Joseph Battista Memorial Scholarship at Indiana University as a student of Menahem Pressler.

Mr. Chow has received top prizes in numerous competitions such as the University of Maryland International Piano Competition, the New York Piano Teachers Congress International Piano Competition, the MTNA Collegiate Artists Competition, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago Young Soloists Competition, and the National Symphony Young Soloists Competition.

Mr. Chow has performed in such major concert halls as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Weill and Steinway Halls in New York City, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Presented as soloist in such cities as Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Detroit and Miami, Mr. Chow has appeared as soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Pan-Asia Symphony in Hong Kong, and the Mozarteum Orchestra in Salzburg, among others. He has been heard in national broadcasts on National Public Radio’s Performance Today and on CBC Radio in Canada.

Mr. Chow has been a juror at many competitions, including the Iowa International Piano Competition (Sioux City 2007), Gardey International Piano Competition (Daytona Beach 2007), Sorantin Young Artist Competition (Texas 2006), Pacific Piano Competition (Vancouver 2006), Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition (Screening jury 2006), MTNA National Competition Finals (2005, 2002), New Orleans International Piano Competition (2004), Jacksonville International Piano Competition (2003), Canadian Music Competition (2000), and the Oberlin International Piano Competition.

Mr. Chow has presented master classes and lectures throughout the United States and abroad, including The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Taichung University in Taiwan, Colburn School in Los Angeles, Indiana University, University of Michigan, and Northwestern University among many others. During 1987-88, he was the first Fulbright College Visiting Artist in Piano at the University of Arkansas. Formerly a professor at Missouri State University and the University of Colorado at Boulder, he is currently Chair of the piano department at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.