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Taiwanese classical pianist (born 1976)
Musical artist

Chia-Hui Lu (Chinese: 盧佳慧; pinyin: Lú Jiāhuì) is a Taiwanese classical pianist.

Lu is active in the cultural arts community in Taiwan. She is the chairwoman of the Egret Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes Taiwan culture and arts. She is a faculty member of the National Taiwan University of Arts and the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University. For her album Enchanted she transcribed Isaac Albeniz's Tango in D.[clarification needed] For her album Amore, Lu composed Butterfly Orchid.

Classical music performances

Lu is a classical pianist by training and has played concerts in several countries. In New York City, Lu has performed recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. In Europe, Lu performed at the Rome National Music Festival and Vasto Italy Festival. She also performed a recital in Barletta, Italy.

In Taiwan, Lu performed "An Evening of Fantasy with the Taipei Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, "Care for Taiwan's Land Restoration Concert" - Robert Schumann's Concerto in A Minor with Philharmonia Moment Musical, "Sound Of Formosa" - the Piano Concerto premiere of Gordon Shi-Wen Chin with the National Symphony Orchestra, and "Evening of Dance" - Piano Recital, among others.

Multimedia works

Lu's Amore multimedia work mixed a classical recital with animation created from Paul Chiang's paintings. Her "Water on Fire" piano recital combined Western classical music with Eastern poetry from a Taiwan poet, Goya Lan. Lu curated artwork from over thirty seven artists at the Art Taipei exhibition. She was later invited to perform at the opening ceremony of Art Taipei 2020, and at the Diversonics Festival 2021. She also curated the Sacred Garden at the international Ars Electronica Festival in 2021.

Lu was the Music Director for Sayion I and Sayion II, which incorporated music with dancers that are suited up in sensors that controlled the visual background. In collaboration with IF+, Lu produced "Obsession", employing various immersive technologies including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR), all under the umbrella of XR extended reality.

Awards