Chelsea Guo

Pronouns

She/her/hers 

Place of birth

New York City

Education

The Juilliard School BM in Piano Performance

Key experiences /Artistic milestones / Collaborations

Chelsea Guo won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 2022 as both a pianist and vocalist – the double award a first in YCA’s illustrious history. In the 24-25 season, Young Concert Artists presents Chelsea in debut recitals at both New York’s Merkin Concert Hall and Washington’s Kennedy Center.

The Orchid Classics release of Chelsea Guo: Chopin in My Voice, her debut recording from 2021, won raves, with a BBC Music Magazine review that stated “A very fine pianist with a beguiling voice, here is a rare talent”. Gramophone Magazine included the CD among its “Essential New Albums” (“as both a pianist and singer Chelsea Guo is clearly a special talent”), while the New York classical radio station WQXR and Naxos China both cited the recording among their “Best Albums of the Month.”  Chelsea was subsequently named one of British radio station Classic FM’s “Rising Stars: 30 Brilliant Musicians We’re Celebrating in 2022.”

Grants / Awards / Nominations

Connecticut District winner and recipient of Encouragement Award from the New England Region of the Metropolitan Opera’s 24-25 Laffont competition.

Scholarship Recipient of the Gerda Lissner Foundation.

Scholarship Recipient of the George London Foundation.

Roles at the Volksoper in the coming season

24-25

Mab/Adelaide (Das verzauberte Schwein)

25-26

Frasquita (Carmen)

Papagena (Die Zauberflöte)

Taumännchen (Hänsel und Gretel)

Modistin (Der Rosenkavalier)

Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro)

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