Min-Chen Lee is a classical pianist from Taiwan. Her passion and versatility as a

pianist have brought her to perform in concert venues in Australia, Austria, Korea,

and the United States, giving regular solo recitals. She was recently invited to

perform at Steinway Hall in New York City and as a guest artist for the Yilan

International Art Festival in Taiwan. She made her concerto debut with the National

Chinese Orchestra of Taiwan at the age of 13, performing Spring River by Xu Jinxin.

She soon won the Tainan National University of the Arts Concerto Competition and

performed Grieg Piano Concerto with the University Orchestra in 2013. As a winner

of the Concerto Competition at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, she performed

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 with the UGA University Orchestra in 2024.

Beyond her soloist career, Min-Chen is an active chamber musician. She has

participated in numerous festivals, including the Bowdoin International Music

Festival, Chamber Music Athens, and the Maine Chamber Music Seminar at Snow

Pond Music Festival. As a sought-after collaborative pianist, she has worked

intensively with instrumentalists and vocalists in auditions, competitions, and

recitals. She was the pianist in the Wind Ensemble and University Chorus at the

University of Georgia. In addition, she was the rehearsal pianist for opera

productions at the university.

As a devoted teacher, she believes in the importance of music education. She worked

with piano majors in lessons as a teaching assistant at the Tainan National University

of the Arts. She also served as a teaching assistant at the University of Georgia,

teaching piano classes for music majors. She is on the faculty of the Community

Music School at UGA, working with students at all levels. A member of the MTNA,

her recent research “The Taubman Technique: Building a Stronger and Healthier

Foundation,” will be presented by the Music Teacher National Association; she will

give a talk on the prevention of performance-related injuries.

Min-Chen is a doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia under the tutelage of

Evgeny Rivkin. She is pursuing two minors, studying collaborative piano with Liza

Stepanova and Alan Woo, and piano pedagogy with Peter Jutras and Grace Huang.

She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from the

Tainan National University of the Arts, where she studied under Hsiao-Ching Grace

Chung and Mikhail Kollontay.