Pianist Kate Liu first came to international prominence after winning Third Prize at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw, where she also received the Best Mazurka Prize and the Audience Favorite Prize. Since then, she has toured widely and built a reputation for her poetic sound, musical depth, and expressive individuality.
Liu has appeared in major venues around the world, including Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Warsaw National Philharmonic, La Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Severance Hall in Cleveland, the Kennedy Center, Shanghai Concert Hall, Osaka Symphony Hall, and the Phillips Collection. She has collaborated with orchestras such as the Warsaw Philharmonic, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra, Daegu Symphony Orchestra, and the Rochester Philharmonic. A frequent guest at the Chopin and His Europe Festival in Warsaw, she received the Olivier Berggruen Prize in 2024 as part of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival.
In 2025, Liu released her debut album of Beethoven and Brahms sonatas with Orchid Classics. Born in Singapore, she began piano studies at the age of four before moving to the United States, where she studied at the Music Institute of Chicago. She later earned her Bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and both a Master’s degree and Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, studying with Robert McDonald and Yoheved Kaplinsky.
