Annie Chen

Annie Chen is the founder of 88 Keys Music Academy in Arcadia, California.

She received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California, where she studied with Nancy Bricard, Bernandene Blaha, and James Bonn. Ms. Chen has performed in master classes with such world-renowned artists as Nelita True, Menahem Pressler, John Perry, Cecile Ousset, and Andre Watts. Privately she has also worked with Constance Keene, Cecile Ousset (Puycelsi, France), and Bernardo Segall. Ms. Chen’s has earned many awards and honors such as first prize in the International Piano Concerto Competition of Washington D.C., the International Young Artist Peninsula Music Festival and numerous Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) piano solo/chamber music competitions and scholarships. Ms. Chen is an active board member of the Music Teachers’ Association of California-Los Angeles Branch, Music Teachers National Association, and California Association of Professional Music Teachers. She also served as a member of MTAC’s Certificate of Merit Council for 6 years. Ms. Chen maintains an active schedule as a solo artist, keyboard collaborative performer, teacher, and is in demand as an adjucator. She currently teachers on the faculty at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music and 88 Keys Music Academy.