Sylvia Chu is both a Taiwanese pianist and a piano professor. After completing her music degree in Taiwan, she received a prestigious Spanish government scholarship and continued her studies at the Madrid Royal Conservatoire under the tutelage of Prof. F. Puchol and Prof. M. Carra. Later, she went on to study at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, where her teachers included Prof. M. Soma and Prof. G. Mounier. She also studied vocal accompaniment with Prof. H. Cartier-Bresson at the Boulogne-Billancourt CNR.
Her concert schedule has seen international appearances both as chamber music performer and soloist. Apart from her concert performing career, she established a successful teaching practice with frequent invitations to teach master classes both in Taiwan and abroad. Sylvia has taught international master classes in Belgium, China, Greece, Portugal, Russia, and in Spain. In 2011 she was invited as a visiting scholar by Edinboro University in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Her discography includes no less than ten vocal albums as accompanist and two volumes of French repertoire on piano for four hands, which were received enthusiastically by critics. Every year she gives concerts in Taiwan and from 2012 to 2013 she gave several piano four hands concerts in Portugal, Spain, and Taiwan with Spanish pieces as the main themes. In 2016 she also gave two four hands concerts in France. In the same year, Sylvia gave a recital titled Baroque vs. Jazz. From 2017 to 2018, she gave very successful yearly piano duet concerts.
She is the author of two academic books: “A Study of Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonatas”, “Manuel Falla’s Night in the Gardens of Spain” and is also an editor for the Chinese edition of the “Gran Historia de la Musica Classica” (Plaza & Janes, S.A. Barcelona, Spain)
Sylvia has taught many students who have won national and international prizes at competitions around the world. She often accepts invitations to be juror on panels of national and international piano competitions. Currently, Sylvia Chu is the president of Tai Piano Foundation and Taiwan International Piano Ensemble Competition. She is currently also a piano professor at Chinese Culture University and Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei, Taiwan.