Menahem Pressler

Susan Chou

Susan Chou was born in Taipei Taiwan, and has lived in the United States since she was sixteen. She attended Northwestern University for her undergraduate study. While at Northwestern, Ms. Chou was greatly inspired by her main teacher Professor Alan Chow. In the Past, she had performed in masterclasses given by Jerome Lowenthal, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Nelita True, James Giles, Gordon Back, Pacifica String Quartet and Chicago String Quartet. In addition, she had worked with famous musicians such as Julian Martin, Ursula Oppens, Angela Cheng, Jean-Louis Haguenauer, Sylvia Wang, Miriam Fried, Ik-Hwan Bae, Mauricio Fuks, Mark Kaplan, Alan de Veritch, Janos Staker, and Victor Yampolsky. Ms. Chou has performed in solo and chamber recitals and enjoys working with others. She has performed with the Good Samaritan Symphony Orchestra, IU Student Orchestra, IU University Orchestra and Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra.  Ms. Chou was awarded first prize in the Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Competition and performed with the Symphony of the Mountains. She was one of the six semifinalists of the 2007 Rolf and Brigitte Gardey International Piano Competition.  Recently, she was a prize winner in the National Society of Arts and Letters Music Competition. She is currently a doctoral student and an Associate Instructor at Indiana University on full scholarship studying with Menahem Pressler of the Beaux Art Trio.