Chelsea Guo, piano

Born in New York City and raised in Connecticut, Chelsea Guo is finding equal success as a pianist and as a soprano. The winner of the 2020 National Chopin Competition in Miami, Guo also won the 2022 Young Concert Artists International Auditions as both pianist and vocalist, the double award a first in the institution’s history. Her debut recording, Chelsea Guo: Chopin In My Voice — featuring solo piano repertoire as well as two Chopin songs and a Rossini aria on which Guo accompanies herself — was named an Essential New Album by Gramophone Magazine. She holds a BM in piano from The Juilliard School, where she was a student of Hung-Kuan Chen, and she continues her vocal studies with Jason Ferrante. Gilmore audiences will experience both facets of Guo’s stellar career in her recital. The program begins with solo piano favorites, including Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata and selections from Debussy’s Images, Book I, and concludes with songs by Strauss and Schoenberg, on which Guo both sings and plays.