Alice Chenyang Xu, piano

Hailed by The Boston Musical Intelligencer as “incisive and with innate musicality,” pianist Alice Chenyang Xu brings a thoughtful and evocative approach to her performances. She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across the United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, and China, with engagements at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Chicago Symphony Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Leipzig’s Hochschule Musik Hall, and Chiesa dell'Addolorata in Piedmont.

Xu is a frequent guest at international festivals including Yellow Barn, Annapolis Chamber Music Festival, Internationale Mendelssohn-Akademie, and Art of Piano. She has collaborated with the Borromeo String Quartet, members of the Cleveland Quartet, violinist Anthony Marwood, and cellists Bonnie Hampton and John Myerscough. She has also worked closely with composers George Crumb, Jörg Widmann, Shulamit Ran, Helen Grime, and Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, and performed for Secretary of State Colin Powell under the auspices of the Eisenhower Fellowships.

A committed educator since 2006, Xu is on the piano faculty at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory Preparatory School. She holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Roosevelt University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from New England Conservatory.