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Jeremy Chan

Pianist

“Great intelligence and sensitive artistry.” ~ Christopher Axworthy, acclaimed music critic

Jeremy is an award-winning concert pianist based in London. He holds a Masters degree with Concert Recital Diploma from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, as well as a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Durham University.

In 2023 and 2024, Jeremy won both the Guildhall Beethoven Prize and the Guildhall Romantic Prize. He also won second prize at the Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition. In July 2023, he made his concerto debut at St John’s Smith Square with the London City Orchestra playing Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto. In the summer of 2023, he was invited to work with pianist Angela Hewitt for a week in Italy.

Jeremy has been playing the piano since he was six and has studied in prestigious institutions such as the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts and the Royal Academy of Music. He obtained his Licentiate Diploma in Piano Performance in 2014. He has since participated in numerous competitions, local and international, such as the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Switzerland and the Chopin-Asia Piano Competition in Japan.

Jeremy has performed in different venues including Steinway Hall London, St John’s Smith Square, Silk Street Concert Hall, Milton Court Concert Hall, Salle Gilles Lefebvre, Durham University Concert Hall and City Lit Recital Room. Jeremy has worked with and received great insight from world-renowned musicians such as Dame Imogen Cooper, Sir Stephen Hough, Jonathan Biss, André Laplante, Jean Saulnier, Dmitri Alexeev, Ilya Poletaev, Graham Scott and Katya Apekisheva.

Jeremy is also an avid chamber musician and is currently a member of the Wayfarer Trio with cellist William Lui and clarinettist Kosuke Shirai.

As an avid writer, Jeremy writes regularly on his blog www.literallylefthanded.com, which enjoys a wide readership, and has been publishing his concert reviews there as well as interviews with musical personalities. He is also a critic for Seen and Heard International, for which he has written numerous concert reviews. He works as a freelance translator and programme notes writer. His programme notes have been used in Wigmore Hall concerts.

Jeremy is currently pursuing his Artist Diploma at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Noriko Ogawa, Charles Owen and Ronan O’ Hora.

For more information about Jeremy’s upcoming concerts, please check out his website www.jeremychan.co.uk or follow him on Instagram @jeremy.pianist.

Performing on 09/03/2025

Jeremy Chan
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