
Sabrina Chen, Canada

Born in Montreal, Sabrina Chen began piano studies with Tina Kakabadze and made her debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 7 during an international student exchange program. She has won top prizes at the Crescendo International Competition, Canadian Music Competition, Clara Schumann International Competition, McGill Concerto Competition, and others. She was also invited to perform on a television show presented by Radio-Canada.
In 2017, she continued her studies with Michael Berkovsky at the Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy of the Royal Conservatory of Music. She has participated in music festivals such as the Philadelphia International Music Festival, Orford Academy, Amalfi, Vivace, and Banff’s Art of the Piano, where she studied with Ronan O’Hora, Jerome Lowenthal, Boris Slutsky, Hee-Sung Joo, Hung-Kuan Chen, Joanna MacGregor, and Marc-André Hamelin. She has also played for artists including Alice Sara Ott, Hugh Sung, David Louie, and Ray Chen. Her chamber music coaches have included Philippe Müller and William Wolfram.
In 2023, she spent a semester at the Royal College of Music in London, studying with Dmitri Alexeev.
She recently completed her undergraduate studies with Olga Kern at Manhattan School of Music.
This summer, she attended PianoFest in the Hamptons, studying with Paul Schenly, Pavel Nersessian, and Richard Goode.