Pianist Rose Chen came to the United States in 1997 after winning numerous solo piano awards as a teenager and making her solo debut at the National Concert Hall in her native Taiwan. Rose earned a Bachelor’s Degree at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and Masters Degree at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In November, 2009 Rose successfully completed her Doctorate in Musical Arts with full-scholarship at the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music. She was awarded the outstanding graduate in the USC doctoral program.

          Rose has performed as a soloist and chamber player in Canada, Austria, Brazil, France, Israel, Hong Kong, and China. Within the United States Rose is a regular artist-faculty at several music festivals held in Alaska, Texas, and California. Her highly accomplished piano trio, the Blue Rose Trio had captured top prizes in the Coleman, MTNA, and Peninsula chamber music competitions.

          Rose’s recent projects include the world premiere of Suite Adeline for solo piano by techno pioneer Bruce Haack (1931-1988), release of an all Villa-Lobos album with cellist Lars Hoefs, joining an avant-garde tango/world/jazz/classical band called Haberdashery Ensemble, and the world premiere of Music for the Blue Rose (a musical commemoration of war) written by USC faculty Nick Strimple. Rose was the Artist-in-Residence of the Los Angles Musical Salon Concert Series 2008-2011 where she collaborated with numerous guest performers. She currently teaches piano at the Hyperium Conservatory at Redondo Beach and coaches singers at Biola University in La Mirada, California. An advocate for Taiwanese contemporary music, Rose was appointed director and conductor of the Los Angeles Taiwan Center Chorus in 2010.