Bang on a Can All-Stars
Canadian pianist Vicky Chow has performed extensively as a classical and contemporary soloist, chamber musician, and ensemble member, and been hailed as 'brilliant' by the New York Times (Anthony Tommasini). She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, The Guggenheim Museum, The Stone, Le Poisson Rouge, Chelsea Art Museum, Symphony Space, Tonhalle in Zurich, Orpheum Theatre, Roy Thomson Hall, Chan Center for the Performing Art, the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, and has been a guest artist in the Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Music Festival, Golandsky Institute International Piano Festival, the f(x) New Music Marathon in Miami, Desert Chamber Music Society, Seattle Chamber Music Society, and Las Vegas Music Festival. She has received grants and support from Canada Council of the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, and the Vancouver Foundation. Ms. Chow made her orchestral debut at the age of 10 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared since with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Juilliard Symphony, The Vancouver Academy Orchestra, White Rock Festival String Orchestra and the B.C. Sinfonietta. In addition to performing new music, Ms. Chow also produces and curates concert programs of new compositions by emerging composers in New York City. In 2010, she will be releasing her first solo piano album of music by composer Ryan Anthony Francis under John Zorn's label 'tzadik.' Ms. Chow is currently in the Professional Studies program at Manhattan School of Music where she completed her second master's degree in Contemporary Piano Performance studying with Christopher Oldfather. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music in Piano Performance at The Juilliard School, where she studied with Dr. Yoheved Kaplinsky and Julian Martin. Previously, she studied at the Vancouver Academy of Music with Lorraine Ambrose. Ms. Chow resides in New York City.