Member
Contact Information
contact@anastasiachin.comhttps://www.anastasiachin.com/
Location
Bloomington, Indiana
Early Music Skills & Interests
Fortepiano, HarpsichordEarly Music Affiliations
Board Member -Other, Performer
Biography
Top prize winner ex aequo of the Ninth Mae and Irving Jurow International Harpsichord Competition 2021, Singaporean fortepianist and harpsichordist Anastasia Chin is praised for her naturally sensitive, elegant and eloquent performances. She is in frequent demand as soloist, chamber musician, and continuo player on the harpsichord, fortepiano and organ. She was one of three finalists in the 2018 Berkeley Festival International Early Piano Competition. Anastasia is a regular performer on the Bloomington Bach Cantata Project series and the Bloomington Early Music Festival, and also plays regularly with Tonos del Sur, an ensemble specializing in 17th and 18th century Latin American music.
Upcoming and recent engagements include solo fortepiano recitals for the Western Early Keyboard Association and MusicSources (March 2025), J.S. Bach’s concerti for two and four harpsichords with Seven Hills Baroque (July 2024), J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with the Indiana University Historical Performance Institute for the Madison Performing Arts Foundation (May 2024), Handel's Messiah with the Oregon Symphony (December 2023), concerts with Tonos Del Sur at Notre Dame de Chicago as part of the University of Illinois Chicago Latin American Baroque Music Festival (April 2024) and in Bloomington for the Bloomington Early Music Festival (2022 and 2023), and guest recitals and lecture-recitals at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore (2023 and 2024).
Anastasia holds a Doctor of Music in Early Music (Keyboard) from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she also received her Master of Music in Early Music (Fortepiano) and a Performer Diploma in Harpsichord. Her mentor is eminent harpsichordist and fortepianist Elisabeth Wright, to whom she credits for igniting her passion for early music. Anastasia has been a recipient of the Artistic Excellence Award, and was a Graduate Assistant and Associate Instructor in the Historical Performance Institute. Anastasia also holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore, where she studied with renowned pianist Albert Tiu.
Anastasia currently serves on the board of directors for Bloomington Early Music.
