Shan-Chi Hsu is a Taiwanese pianist based in Germany, whose repertoire spans from the early Baroque to contemporary music. Rooted in the classical tradition and drawn to the experimental language of contemporary music, she sees tradition and experimentation not as separate paths but intertwined, each enriching the other.

Born in Taiwan, she began playing piano and cello at a young age and soon studied with Rolf-Peter Wille. With his encouragement, she moved to Germany to continue her musical education at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Bernd Goetzke, where she earned her Bachelor, Master, and Konzertexamen degrees. During this time, she discovered a profound interest in contemporary music, a passion nurtured particularly through her studies with Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. She received further musical impulses from artists such as Sir András Schiff, Menahem Pressler, Robert Levin, shaping a performance style praised for its sensitivity, maturity, and individuality.

Shan-Chi’s performances have taken her across Europe and Asia. She has appeared at major festivals including the Stresa Festival, Lucerne Festival, ManiFeste (IRCAM) in Paris, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Gaudeamus Festival, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, and Impuls Festival. She was selected as a pianist for the International Ensemble Modern Akademie 2023/24 and the Ulysses Ensemble 2026, and has participated in the premieres of more than fifty new works. She has worked with ensembles including Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Intercontemporain, as well as conductors such as Sandro Gorli, Michael Wendeberg, and Pierre Bleuse, and has worked with composers including Clara Iannotta, Marco Stroppa, Mark Andre, Márton Illés, and Franck Bedrossian.

 As a classical soloist, she has performed with the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra, Pforzheim, and the National Symphony Orchestra, Taiwan, among others. Shan-Chi is a recipient of the 31st CHIMEI Cultural Foundation Artist Award in Taiwan, the #MusikerZukunft scholarship from the Deutsche Orchester-Stiftung, and the Scholarship for Contemporary Music from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.

Combining her passion for chamber music with a commitment to commissioning and performing new works, Shan-Chi co-founded Track3, a clarinet–viola–piano trio dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century repertoire. In Recently, the trio was awarded the Dwight and Ursula Mamlok Prize for Interpreters of Contemporary Music and made its debut at the Konzerthaus Berlin, where the musicians were praised by Der Tagesspiegel for their “expressiveness and sonic sensitivity.”

She finds further inspiration in harpsichord playing and Lied interpretation. Away from the piano, she enjoys chess and analog photography.