Tanrui Chen

Biography

Tanrui Chen began studying the piano at the age of six with Shi Shucheng. He gave his first solo recital at the age of twelve and continued his studies in Shanghai with Li Jian and Andrei Ivanovich, performing during this period with several orchestras in China, including the Changsha Symphony Orchestra, the Ningbo Symphony Orchestra, and the Shandong Symphony Orchestra. At the age of fifteen, he moved to New York to study with Gary Graffman and Ignat Solzhenitsyn. He is currently preparing to begin his studies with Eteri Andjaparidze.