Chia Chou (born 1960) is a Taiwanese [1] [2] pianist, and a naturalised Canadian citizen. He settled in Germany in the 1980s.
He had his first public performance at the age of 7. [1] [2] In 1980–81, he won the Mendelssohn Competition [1] [2] [3] in Berlin and the second edition of the Sydney Competition; [1] [4] [2] [3] a wide international concert career ensued. In 1983 he became the first artist with Chinese ancestry living abroad to perform in China since the Cultural Revolution. [3]
Chou is a member of the Parnassus Trio since 1990 [1] [2] and a professor in Chamber Music at the Kunstuniversität Graz since 2004. [1] [5] [3]