A recipient of the 2002 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Meng-Chieh Liu first made headlines in 1993 as a 21-year-old student, when hesubstituted for André Watts at the Academy of Music in Philadelphiawith three hours’ notice. His acclaimed performance was followed by arecital at the Kennedy Center, among other highly praised appearances.
He has appeared with orchestras under conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Gustavo Dudamel, and Alan Gilbert, among others. Hisconcerts have been broadcast around the world, and Taiwanese National Television has aired a documentary on his life. A dedicated chambermusician, he has collaborated with Shmuel Ashkenasi, James Buswell, Bernard Greenhouse, David Soyer, Wendy Warner, and the Borromeoand St. Lawrence string quartets. He was artistic director of Chicago Chamber Musicians from 2011 to 2014; and has also collaborated withartists in other disciplines, including Mikhail Baryshnikov and his White Oak Dance Project.
Mr. Liu received a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Jorge Bolet, Eleanor Sokoloff, and ClaudeFrank. He won first prizes in the Stravinsky, Asia Pacific Piano, and Mieczyslaw Munz competitions.
Mr. Liu has been a member of the Curtis Institute of Music faculty since 1993 and also serves on the faculty of the New England Conservatory.
