Pianist Yunjie Chen has garnered praise and top honors for his skill and musicality ever since he won First Prize in China’s National Piano Competition at the age of twelve. Since then, he has performed to great acclaim throughout his native China and internationally, including a performance with the SBS Television and Radio Youth Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. He has earned top prizes at China’s International Piano Competition, the Ettlingen International Competition in Germany, and the 2001 Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York. As a Young Concert Artists winner, he made his Washington DC debut at the Kennedy Center, his New York debut at the 92nd Street Y, and his Boston debut at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum during the 2001-2002 season.