CPC Thursday Noonday Concerts

TUESDAY, March 10 concert (SXSW is moving in Thursday) Noon in our sanctuary.

Program:
Sonata No.31 in A Flat, Op.110 by Beethoven
Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52 by Chopin
La Valse M.72 by Ravel

Sixteen-year-old pianist Josephine Chow is currently a junior at Westwood High School in Austin, Texas. She began learning piano at the age of five and is currently a student of Alexander Malikov and Andrei Tycmbalistenko. Josephine finds joy and comfort in playing the piano, which she hopes to share with her audience.
Josephine is a prize winner of the 2024 TMTA Performance Contest, 2024 Manhattan International Music Competition, 2025 Juanita Miller Concerto Competition and 2026 Baylor Piano Competition. She was also the Texas winner in the 2023-2024 MTNA Junior Piano
Competition and recipient of 2025-2026 Chopin Foundation Scholarship.
Josephine has participated in numerous piano festivals, such as PianoTexas, and Texas State International Piano Festival. She has had the opportunity to participate in masterclasses with
world renowned pianists such as Yoheved Kaplinsky, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, and Boris Slutsky.
When Josephine was 13, she made her orchestral debut performing Grieg's Piano Concerto with the Las Colinas Symphony. She subsequently performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto
No. 3 with the Starlight Symphony in 2024 and performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 with the Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra as the winner of their 2025 Young Artist
Competition.
In an effort to give back to her community, Josephine frequently performs at senior living homes and fundraising concerts for the Food Lounge in Austin. She was also the accompanist for the Long Yin Choir, which promotes Chinese culture through music in the
Austin area.
Outside of piano, Josephine enjoys watching k-dramas, baking, and spending time with her family.