Alec Chien

Alec Chien is a pianist from Hong Kong.

Born in Hong Kong, Chien earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at Juilliard where he studied under Adele Marcus. He was prized at the II Sydney and the VIII 1982 Santander's Paloma O'Shea (4th prize). He won Gold Medal at the 1986 Gina Bachauer Competition,{{cite news |last1=Holland |first1=Bernard |title=MUSIC NOTED IN BRIEF; In Varied Bill at Tully |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/14/arts/music-noted-in-brief-in-varied-bill-at-tully.html |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=New York Times |date=14 October 1986}} which led to an intercontinental concert career.{{cite web|url=http://www.bachauer.com/laureates.html |title=Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation |accessdate=2010-06-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026164052/http://www.bachauer.com/laureates.html |archivedate=2009-10-26 }} Two years later he was selected by Steinway & Sons as one of 25 artists to perform at Carnegie Hall in the celebrations of the firm's 135th anniversary as well as its 500,000th piano.{{cite news |last1=Roos |first1=Kathleen |title=Alec Chien To Perform First of Eight Concerts Focusing on Works of Schubert and Chopin |url=https://sites.allegheny.edu/news/2011/08/16/alec-chien-to-perform-first-of-eight-concerts-focusing-on-works-of-schubert-and-chopin./ |access-date=30 January 2021 |publisher=Allegheny College |date=16 August 2011}}

Alec Chien previously served as an Artist-in-Residence, Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Department at Allegheny College as well as a lecturer at Carnegie Mellon.{{cite web |title=Alec Chien |url=https://www.cmu.edu/cfa/music/people/Bios/chien_alec.html |publisher=Carnegie Mellon}}{{cite news |title=Alec Chien to Present Sixth Recital in Series of Beethoven Piano Sonatas |url=http://www.allegheny.edu/news/releases/alec_chien_to_present_sixth_recital_in_series_of_beethoven_piano_sonatas.php |access-date=30 January 2021 |publisher=Allegheny College |date=14 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109004430/http://www.allegheny.edu/news/releases/alec_chien_to_present_sixth_recital_in_series_of_beethoven_piano_sonatas.php |archive-date=9 November 2007}}