Hui-Chuan Chen is currently pursuing her graduate degree in piano performance at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She was awarded a full scholarship as a graduate assistant in piano accompanying. Hui-Chuan has performed internationally as a solo and chamber pianist. She was born in Kaohsiung Taiwan, and started to play the piano at the age of six. She attended Kaohsiung Senior high-school, which is an elite school for the musically gifted. Hui-Chuan has participated in Master Classes with Leon Fleisher, Christopher Elton, Ju-Ying Song, and Huang-Kuan Chen. Hui-Chuan has been involved in many competitions including the Kaohsiung City Competition, where she placed second, the Kawai Piano Competition where she placed third, and most recently was awarded third prize for playing Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto in the National Taiwan Normal University Piano Competition. Hui-Chuan has also performed extensively as a chamber pianist. In the 2002 and 2004 concert seasons, she worked as a rehearsal pianist with National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. While with the National Symphony she performed the operas, Tosca and Don Giovani. She has also accompanied the renowned singer, Shou-Huo at the Recital Hall of the National Taiwan Normal University in 2003.Hui-Chen will be accompanying Chi-Chun Chan on July 1st of 2006, in the National Concert Hall of Taipei Taiwan.