Friday, June 13th

Stephanie Chua is an expressive and versatile Canadian pianist devoted to presenting and performing contemporary works through musical insight and innovative programming. She has been broadcast across Canada on CBC Radio 2 and in Europe on Rondo Classic FM and has performed in solo and chamber recitals across Canada, Europe, and Asia. Recent highlights include being a featured performer in Soundstreams' 'Keyed Up' Piano Festival (Toronto) and the STRATA New Music Festival (Saskatoon), solo recitals at SOUL Live Music Project in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) in partnership with Saigon Classical, New Music Edmonton, and Music Toronto's Discovery Series; along with performances at Shanghai New Music Festival, and Impuls Contemporary Music Festival (Graz, Austria).

As a much sought-after collaborative pianist, Stephanie has performed in some of Canada's most important contemporary ensembles including Continuum Contemporary Music, Esprit Orchestra, Trio Fibonacci, and Toca Loca. In 2009, Stephanie co-founded junctQín keyboard collective with Elaine Lau and Joseph Ferretti. junctQín is a trio of pianists committed to performances of contemporary music and commissioning new works for their unique instrumentation. Since its inception, the group has commissioned and premiered over 40 new works from emerging to internationally established living composers. junctQín recently launched the digital platform PLAYrePLAY (playreplay.ca) with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, featuring breakthrough interactive compositions for the ensemble by composer-creators Germaine Liu, Nicole Lizée, and Lieke van der Voort.

Stephanie performs regularly in duo with violinist Véronique Mathieu. Together, they have recorded two full length recordings: 'True North' (released on Centrediscs) featuring all Canadian works including two new commissions, and 'Invocation" (relased on Navona Records) featuring all female identifying works spanning over 200 years. Many of the tracks have been broadcast on CBC Radio's programming by Julie Nesrallah and Tom Allen.

A dedicated educator, Stephanie has taught masterclasses and given lectures at the University of Toronto Scarborough, University of Western Ontario, University of Saskatchewan, University of Lethbridge, Lakehead University, and the Victoria Conservatory of Music. She has adjudicated at the Ontario Music Festivals Association's 2024 Provincials, Contemporary Showcase Festival in Mississauga and Saskatoon, and the Kiwanis Festival in Orillia. Stephanie is a proud Artist Mentor through the Toronto District School Board's tdsbCREATES program.