Casey Dierlam Tse

Highly requested as a collaborative pianist, she has performed hundreds of recitals, projects and recordings with instrumentalists in America, Europe and Asia. With over 600 chamber pieces in her repertoire, she performs regularly at concerts, festivals and international music conferences. She is an avid performer of contemporary music, dedicated to promoting the music of up-and-coming young composers, including Kevin Day, Josh Trentadue, Viet Cuong, Joel Love, Karalyn Schubring and others. 

Since her orchestral debut at age 12, she has won many soloist awards at prestigious competitions, including the Rose Petroff College Piano Competition, the Artists' Presentation Society of St. Louis, Missouri, the New Orleans International Piano Competition, and the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition. She has performed as a soloist at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and Bösendorfer Hall in Vienna, Austria. She earned degrees in piano performance from Indiana State University (William Hughes) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Timothy Ehlen). 

Very close to the world of the saxophone, Dierlam is a passionate interpreter of its repertoire, she has worked with renowned international artists such as Arno Bornkamp, Claude Delangle, Asya Fateyeva, Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Paweł. Gusnar, Branford Marsalis, Gerard McChrystal, Debra Nikita Zimin and also in duo with her husband, saxophonist Kenneth Tse. She has performed in important venues in China, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, among others. She serves as collaborative piano coordinator for the North American Saxophone Alliance Conference and appears regularly at various academic activities. She is currently contracted as the official pianist for the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Award Weekend.