University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Heinz Chen studied piano playing at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna with Wolfgang Watzinger, at the Sibelius Academy with Erik T. Tawaststjerna and at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold with Anatol Ugorski. He also studied composition and music theory at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. He was awarded in 2002 with the Bösendorfer-scholarship, 2006 with the first prize at the Helmi-Vesa piano competition in Helsinki and 2008 with the "Special prize for his stage charm" at the international piano competition in Santorini, Greece. With Austrian violinist Roland Hölzl he recorded a CD with works by Fritz Kreisler.