Louise Chan, Piano

Biography

Pianist Louise Chan, a native of Ottawa, Canada, has performed as a soloist and chamber musician for audiences in the United States, Canada, and France, including venues such as Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Weill Hall in New York, and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Her performances have been broadcast live on CBC Radio in Ottawa and WFMT in Chicago. She has been featured in chamber and orchestral performances with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the New World Symphony, and was an Orchestral Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival for four summers. Most recently, she was a pianist at the Castleman Quartet Program.

Ms. Chan holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Northwestern University, as well as an Associate diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music. Her teachers have included Fernando Laires, Alan Chow, John O'Conor, and Anne Epperson. Her dissertation, A Guide to the Orchestral Piano Repertoire, is an annotated bibliography of orchestral works with keyboard parts.

For several seasons, she served as the principal pianist of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. She is currently a full-time faculty member at the Music Institute of Chicago, and also performs regularly as a collaborative pianist at Lake Forest College and Northwestern University.