"One of the few pianists who handles both gnarly contemporary scores and over-the-top Romantic showpieces with equal authority and style."

A fearless performer with seemingly limitless imagination and possessed with uncanny energy, pianist Han Chen plays scores old and new with rare rigor and insight.

Gold Medalist at the 2013 China International Piano Competition and prizewinner at the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition, Han Chen has earned international acclaim as one of today's most commanding interpreters of both contemporary and classical repertoire. His four solo Naxos recordings showcase his mastery of Franz Liszt, Anton Rubinstein, Thomas Adès, and György Ligeti's Complete Piano Études. In 2025, he released a highly anticipated recording of Florence Price's Piano Concerto, performed with conductor John Jeter and the Malmö Opera Orchestra.

Recognized by The New Yorker as a notable recording artist of 2023 and praised by critics for delivering "some of the finest pianism" in recent memory, Mr. Chen has been celebrated by Gramophone as "impressively commanding and authoritative" while The New York Times has highlighted his "graceful touch," "rhythmic precision" and "hypnotic charm."