Chia-Hui Lu

Chia-Hui Lu (Chinese: 盧佳慧; pinyin: Lú Jiāhuì) is a Taiwanese classical pianist.

Chia-Hui Lu
Born1976
New Taipei City, Taiwan
OccupationPianist, non-profit director
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
LabelsRock Records
Websitewww.chiahuilu.com

Lu is active in the cultural arts community in Taiwan. She is a director of the Egret Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes Taiwan culture and arts.[1] She is a faculty member of the National Taiwan University of Arts and the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University. For her album Enchanted[2] she transcribed Isaac Albeniz's Tango in D.[3] For her album Amore,[4] Lu composed Butterfly Orchid.[5]

Classical Music Performances

Lu is a classical pianist by training and have played many concerts around the world. In New York City, Lu has performed recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall[6] and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.[7] In Europe, Lu performed at the Rome National Music Festival and Vasto Italy Festival. She also performed a recital in Barletta, Italy.

In Taiwan, Lu performed "An Evening of Fantasy with the Taipei Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, "Care for Taiwan's Land Restoration Concert"[8] - Robert Schumann's Concerto in A Minor with Philharmonia Moment Musical, "Sound Of Formosa"[9] - the Piano Concerto premiere of Gordon Shi-Wen Chin with the National Symphony Orchestra, and "Evening of Dance" - Piano Recital, among others.

Cross Art Works

Lu's Amore cross art work [10] mixed a classical recital with animated visuals created from Paul Chiang's paintings. Her Water on Fire piano recital [11] incorporated visuals and poetry, in a social networking experience. Lu curated artwork from over thirty seven reputable artists at the [12] IMPRESSION OF TAIWAN @ART TAIPEI EXHIBITION.

Lu was the Music Director for Sayion I [13] and Sayion II,[14] which incorporated music with dancers that are suited up in sensors that controlled the visual background. In collaboration with IF+, Lu produced Obsession [15] harnessing XR (Extended Reality) technology. XR extends existing VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality) and MR (mixed reality) technologies.

Awards
  • 1987, First prize winner of the Taipei seventy-sixth solo piano music competition
  • 1990, winner of the seventy-eighth Junior solo piano music competition at the Southern District of Taipei
  • 1991, winner of the eightieth youth piano solo music competition in the Southern District of Taipei
  • 2000, winner of the 28th Anniversary Artists International's Young Artists Award
  • 2003, winner of the 30th Anniversary Artists International's Young Artists Outstanding Alumni Award

References
  1. "白鷺鷥文教基金會". Egretfnd.org.tw. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  2. "Enchanted Album". Chiahuilu.com. 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  3. "盧佳慧 Chia-Hui Lu - 探戈 Tango (官方完整版MV)(HD)". YouTube.com. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  4. "Amore Album". Chiahuilu.com. 2020-06-21.
  5. "Butterfly Orchid Music Video". Chiahuilu.com. 2020-06-21.
  6. "Chia-Hui Lu Weill Recital poster" (JPG). I2.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  7. "Chia-Hui Lu Alice Tully Hall Recital poster" (JPG). I0.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  8. "Seagate : Chia-Hui Lu Piano poster" (JPG). I2.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  9. "Gunther Herbig & Chia-Hui Lu image" (JPG). I2.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  10. "Chia-Hui Amore cross art". I0.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  11. "Chia-Hui Water on Fire cross art". I0.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  12. "Impressions of Taiwan @Art Taipei". I0.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  13. "Chia-Hui Sayion I". I0.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  14. "Chia-Hui Sayion II". I0.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  15. "Chia-Hui Obsession XR". I0.wp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
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