Junyan Chen in Recital
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About the Event
Junyan Chen is an exciting new force on the piano scene, with Gramophone describing her performance as an “exhilarating and technically thrilling performance.” This lunch-time recital showcases a programme that reflects both her musical range and her interest in bringing different strands of the piano repertoire into conversation.
From winning second prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2024, Junyan has gone on to perform with some of the UK’s leading orchestras, to perform extensively in recital, and to collaborate regularly with Manchester Collective and Her Ensemble.
The recital moves from the colour and momentum of Rachmaninov’s Études‑Tableaux, through selected movements from Chick Corea’s Children’s Songs, to Brahms’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, a substantial work that brings the programme to a decisive close.
This event will last for approximately 60 minutes with no interval.
About Junyan Chen
Junyan Chen made 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.
Highlights of the 2025/26 season include solo recital debuts in Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Fribourg, and at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, as well as a return to Wigmore Hall in London. She is the Artistic Director of the Leeds International Chamber S