Alice Chen (陳祐慈)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Alice Chen
  • Chinese: 陳祐慈
  • Era: Contemporary
  • Geography: United States / Taiwan
  • Core roles: cellist, music educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

是一位具有演奏實力和致力於音樂教育的音樂家。 演奏足跡遍於台灣,中國廈門,北美洲及歐洲。曾入選為第一屆台灣文建會音樂儲備人才庫演奏人才,至幼便獲獎無數。14歲時,即獲邀於美國波士頓與Longwood交響樂團合作演奏協奏曲。此場音樂會亦被享負盛名的WCRB電台全程轉播。2015年十月,更於世界著名的紐約卡內基(Carnegie)音樂廳之Weill演奏廳舉辦個人獨奏會,獲得各方讚譽。 畢業於台北市敦化國小音樂班,師大附中國中部及高中部音樂班,在台灣接受完整的音樂教育。2009年取得紐約曼哈頓音樂學院(Manhattan School of Music)演奏碩士學位後, 毅然決然的放棄全額獎學金的碩後文憑 (Professional Study), 全心投入音樂教育。和另兩位來自台灣的音樂家一起於紐約布魯克林(Brooklyn) 創立LX音樂學院。在校教授多項音樂專業課及室內樂課程以外,並舉辦多項大師課和系列音樂會

Education

  • 敦化國小音樂班 (Dunhua Elementary School Music Program) — 師大附中國中部及高中部音樂班 (NTNU affiliated high school music program) — Manhattan School of Music — Master of Music (Performance) — (2009)

Employment

  • LX Music Academy — Co-founder and Faculty — Longwood Symphony Orchestra — Guest Soloist

Career Notes (absorbed from TAH bio)

  • Performance geography: Taiwan, Xiamen (China), North America, and Europe
  • Selected as a performer in the inaugural Council for Cultural Affairs (文建會) music talent reserve pool (第一屆台灣文建會音樂儲備人才庫); won numerous awards from childhood
  • Age 14 — invited to perform a concerto with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Boston; the concert was broadcast in full by WCRB radio
  • 2015-10 — solo recital at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York
  • Completed her full music education in Taiwan: Dunhua Elementary School Music Program (台北市敦化國小音樂班), NTNU High School affiliated with Normal University (師大附中國中部及高中部音樂班)
  • 2009 — Master of Music (Performance), Manhattan School of Music; declined a fully funded Professional Study certificate to devote herself to music education
  • Co-founded LX Music Academy (LX音樂學院) in Brooklyn, New York with two other Taiwanese musicians; teaches applied music and chamber music, and organizes master classes and concert series

Timeline

  • Age 14 — concerto collaboration with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, Boston (broadcast by WCRB)
  • 2009 — MM (Performance), Manhattan School of Music; co-founded LX Music Academy, Brooklyn
  • 2015-10 — solo recital, Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall
  • 2018-11-17 — TAH encyclopedia record [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/432-cellist-alice-chen||#432, Alice Chen 陳祐慈, Cellist]] published (original) (deepen pass 2026-09-10)

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Sources

Vault records (deepen pass 2026-09-14)

  • Her own TAH encyclopedia record is held in-vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/432-cellist-alice-chen||TAH #432, published 2018-11-17]].
  • Peer cellist covered in the TaiwaneseAmerican.org corpus in the vault: |Stephanie Lai, YouTube Symphony Orchestra finalist (relationship not stated in the TAH profile; listed as network context only).
  • No in-vault pages yet for Manhattan School of Music, LX Music Academy, Longwood Symphony Orchestra, or WCRB, so those institutions stay as plain text.
  • |TAH Foundation
  • |TAHS
  • |taiwaneseamericanhistory.org
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/432-cellist-alice-chen||TAH #432: Alice Chen, Cellist]]
  • |Janet Tsai — the vault’s Tsai page notes she took organ lessons “with Alice Chen at the college”; identity with this cellist is unverified, flagged here only as a possible lead.
  • Re-verified 2026-09-14 (deepen-x slice 09140741-2): TAH bio, timeline, and in-vault records already absorbed in prior pass; the Janet Tsai lead stays flagged (not auto-merged per policy). No web used, nothing published.