Biography

“Superlatives are inadequate in response to the recital by Edward Leung ... here was an exceptional pianist” ~ Newport Adviser

“A name to watch … Edward displayed a virtuosic technique coupled to a profound musicianship” ~ Malvern Gazette 

“A very heated totally committed performance that took us all by storm and of course won him quite rightly the zizzling jackpot. It has all the makings of a great interpretation” ~ Christopher Axworthy

Hailed by BBC Music Magazine for his “taut succinctness with emotional expansiveness and a striking capacity for invention”, American pianist Edward Leung is a sought-after soloist and chamber musician. Edward is a 2025-2027 Making Music Recommended Artist and a Bösendorfer-Amadeus Young Artist, and was recently named a Rising Star of the 2025 Edinburgh International Festival. In 2026, he won First Prize and the Prix Albert Roussel at the 18th Albert Roussel International Piano Competition in Paris.

Recent engagements include solo and chamber music appearances at Wigmore Hall, BBC Radio 3 In Tune, De Twintigers van Klara in Brussels, Festival Clef de Soleil in Lille, and Fondation de Wolff in Switzerland. His performances have taken him to renowned venues and festivals such as Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Bridgewater Hall, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, and Krzyżowa Music Festival. His debut album Beach • John Corigliano: Violin Sonatas (Resonus Classics) with violinist Usha Kapoor was longlisted for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik and received critical acclaim from BBC Music Magazine, Gramophone and Fono Forum. He has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Classic FM, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, SWR Kultur, ABC Classic and VRT MAX. 

A sought-after chamber musician, Edward has worked with members of the Artemis, Lindsay, and Elias String Quartets, as well as David Campbell, Willam Hagen, Viviane Hagner, Guy Johnston, Boris Kucharsky, Charles Neidich, Olivier Patey, Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne. He is regularly invited to serve as an official pianist at international competitions, most recently being invited to the Classic Cello International Competition, Haslemere International String Competition, and Brentwood International Music Competition.

He has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and orchestras across the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and the United States. He has worked in masterclasses with Ferenc Rados, Richard Goode, Stephen Kovacevich, Joseph Kalichstein, and Nikolai Demidenko. He is the cofounder of Opus, an innovative chamber music collective dedicated to bringing an eclectic repertory of chamber music to Princeton University and beyond.

After studies at Princeton University and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire with Francine Kay and Pascal Nemirovski, Edward is on faculty at The Yehudi Menuhin School, where he is a Staff Pianist and teaches chamber music. He gives masterclasses internationally and has previously taught at the Junior Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Westminster School.