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Dr. Tai-Cheng Chen (陳泰成博士)

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Dr. Tai-Cheng Chen (陳泰成博士)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Dr. Tai-Cheng Chen
  • Chinese: 陳泰成博士
  • Era: 1951
  • Geography: 台灣高雄
  • Core roles: professor, artist, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

A native of Taiwan, Tai-Cheng Chen began playing the piano at the age of six; by the time he was nine, he had won his first piano competition in Taipei. Within the next two years, he placed first in a national Taiwanese piano competition and performed Mozart’s piano concerto with the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. At fifteen, he moved to Austria to attend the Vienna Musikhochschule. At age nineteen he not only took first prize in its internal piano competition, but also completed the school’s rigorous Concert Artist program-graduating with its highest honor of Unanimous Distinction. In the following year he won the prestigious Vienna International Music Festival Competition, in a performance that was televised throughout the world.

Education

  • 國立維也納音樂學院 — 1971 — 演奏家文憑
  • 茱麗亞學院 — 1987 — 音樂藝術博士 D.M.A.

Employment

  • 國立台北藝術大學 (Taipei National University of the Arts) — 1987-2012 — 教授

Career & Honors

Absorbed from the TAH profile above:

  • Began piano at age six; won his first piano competition in Taipei at nine; within the next two years placed first in a national Taiwanese piano competition and performed a Mozart piano concerto with the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra.
  • Moved to Austria at fifteen to attend the Vienna Musikhochschule (演奏家文憑, 1971); at nineteen won its internal piano competition and completed the Concert Artist program with the school’s highest honor, Unanimous Distinction.
  • The following year won the prestigious Vienna International Music Festival Competition in a performance televised worldwide.
  • Earned his D.M.A. at the Juilliard School (茱麗亞學院, 1987) — described in the TAH encyclopedia as the first Ph.D. holder in music from the Juilliard School; professor at 國立台北藝術大學 (Taipei National University of the Arts), 1987–2012.
  • Family: wife 葉毓真; three daughters.

Family

  • Wife: 葉毓真
  • Daughter: 3 daughters

Sources

Vault Holdings

  • Encyclopedia entry in the vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/99-dr-tai-cheng-chen||TAH #99 — Dr. Tai-Cheng Chen 陳泰成博士]] (the source profile behind the biography and Education/Employment tables above).

Two further TAH story-corpus entries exist in the vault:

  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/76-tai-cheng-chen-e9-99-b3-e6-b3-b0-e6-88-90-pianist||TAH #76 — Tai-Cheng Chen 陳泰成, Pianist]] (2014/11)
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys287||Our Journeys #287 — 台南善友樂團之後代首次在夏令會聚會]] lists 陳泰成 among the musicians present.
  • Second encyclopedia record: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/111-dr-tai-chin-chen-e9-99-b3-e6-b3-b0-e6-88-90-e5-8d-9a-e5-a3-ab-the-first-ph-d||TAH #111 — Dr. Tai Chin Chen 陳泰成博士, The First Ph.D. Holder in Music from Juilliard (1984)]] — corroborates the Juilliard D.M.A. and 1987–2012 國立台北藝術大學 professorship in the tables above.

Role in the Community (absorbed from corpus, 2026-09-14)

  • 1992–1993 — performed in the 「台灣名家演奏系列」 concerts in Los Angeles, the series launched in 1992 under 吳澧培’s sponsorship (opening concert: 胡乃元 violin recital) and organized by a preparation committee led by Dr. 林衡哲, with 楊子淸 and 陳隆 as active committee members. Programs deliberately featured works by Taiwanese composers such as 蕭泰然 and 許常惠, aiming to introduce Taiwanese musicians and composers to US mainstream society — see [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys287|Our Journeys #287 (黃東昇, 2017/05)]].
  • The 南加州台灣人聯合基金會 (TUF) history record lists him among the pianists invited to that ongoing series alongside 陳毓襄、葉綠娜、吳涵、劉孟捷 (violinists 林昭亮、陳慕融、蘇顯達; cellists 楊文信、范雅志、陳建安; vocalists 陳麗嬋、曾道雄) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys294|Our Journeys #294 — 南加州台灣人聯合基金會簡介 (2017/06)]].
  • 2014 — third TAH encyclopedia record in the vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/81-taicheng-chen-e9-99-b3-e6-b3-b0-e6-88-90|TAH #81 — Dr. Tai-Cheng Chen 陳泰成 (2014)]]; also profiled in an interview by 李淑櫻 — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories127|My Stories #127 — 訪鋼琴家陳泰成 (2014)]].
  • 1989 — performed at the TUF 「台灣文化之夜」 concert (the year’s music program featured the Juilliard piano doctorate Chen Tai-cheng, including US premieres of 馬水龍 works such as 《漁港素描》) — [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys301|Our Journeys #301 — 林衡哲, 南加州臺灣人聯合基金會的回顧與展望 (1986–1996, 2017/07)]].
  • 1992 — co-performed with soprano 王秋梨 (羅馬國立音樂學院) at a TUF 台灣文化之夜 during 吳澧培’s presidency: Taiwan folk songs 《月夜愁》《阮若打開心內的門窗》《嘸通嫌台灣》《阿母的頭髮》 with Chen’s piano accompaniment, in a program that also marked 彭明敏’s imminent return to Taiwan after 22 years in exile — same source, [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys301|Our Journeys #301]].

Deepen 2026-09-14 (corpus sweep): no new biographical facts beyond the absorbed TAH 111 text; community-performance and interview records above added from ourjourneys287/294, mystories127, and TAH #81. Deepen 2026-10-10 (corpus sweep): added the 1989 and 1992 TUF 「台灣文化之夜」 performances from ourjourneys301 (林衡哲’s TUF history) — not previously on the page; 287/294 hits re-verified, no conflicts. Deepen 2026-10-12 (corpus sweep, slice 10120100-26): fresh 5-dir sweep (陳泰成/Tai-Cheng Chen/Tai Chin Chen, 12 files) — all substantive hits (99/111/81/76, mystories127, ourjourneys287/294/301) already absorbed above; no new facts. Dated-record confirmation: TAH #76 and #81 published 2014-11-10, 李淑櫻’s interview [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories127|My Stories #127]] published 2014-10-16. Remaining 泰成 hits are unrelated namesakes (北韓副相李泰成; 郭泰成 in ourjourneys81) — excluded, not conflated.

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