Pianist Shen Wen has served as Coordinator of Keyboard Studies at St. Louis University since 2015. She is a multifaceted performer who thrives on making classical music fun and enjoyable to listeners. At age eight, Wen performed on Chinese national television and radio after winning the First Children’s Piano Competition in Beijing, China. Since then she has performed across the globe performing as soloist at Tchaikovsky Conservatory College, Shostakovich Conservatory, Rachmaninoff Hall, Powell Symphony Hall, Tsinghua University, Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Great Hall of People in China.
Wen also continued to earn top prizes at national and internal piano competitions such as first prize at the Kingsville International Piano Competition, Corpus Christi International Piano Competition, St. Louis Presentation Society, and Hellam Young Artist Competition.
Since moving to St. Louis in 2007, Wen has dedicated her time teaching young students to love music. Her students have served the community through giving recitals at nursing homes, organizing and performing fund-raising concerts for charities. Some of them competed and won top prizes at state, national, and international competitions such as the St. Louis Young Artist Competition, Missouri Music Teachers Association, Music Teachers National Association, American Protege International Competition, and Golden Key International Honor Society.
Wen is an avid New Music performer who has numerous pieces written and dedicated to her. Passionate about introducing Chinese culture and music to St. Louis audiences, she is a founding member of the St. Louis Yangtze River Art Ensemble, a non-profit organization that promotes Chinese performing arts.
Wen attended the Preparatory School to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and is a graduate of New England Conservatory where she studied with Wha Kyung Byun. She also studied with Jane Allen.