Eddison Chen began studying the piano at the age of four and a half. He is a seventh grader at Oxford Middle School in Overland Park, Kansas, and is currently studying with Dr. Steven Spooner (principal teacher) and Sean Chen.
Eddison has won top prizes in many major competitions, including First Prize at the 2019 Chicago International Piano Competition and the Special Jury Discretionary Award of the 2019 Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition. Despite being only 12 when he competed in the Junior Division, he was named Third Prize Winner of the 2022 MTNA National Piano Competition and Honorable Mention at the University of Minnesota School of Music’s prestigious e-Piano Junior Competition in 2021. He is also the winner of the 2022 KCMTA Junior Concerto Competition, the 2018 Steinway Junior Piano Competition, and Third Prize at the 2019 International Young Artist Piano Competition in Washington, D.C.
Aside from piano, Eddison enjoys studying math and playing chess. He was a Finalist of the MATHCOUNTS National Competition in 2022, as well as the 2023 AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Examination) Qualifier. He is also a USCF-rated chess expert. He loves to read books on science and watch BBC Earth and the 3Blue1Brown math channel.