Sisters Chelsea and Chloe de Souza come to Bangalore as the second stop on their Indian tour to present two exciting evenings of piano music. The first, a thrilling solo concert by Chloe at the Bangalore School of Music, is centered around two of the most challenging works in the piano repertoire - sonatas by Chopin and Prokofiev written exactly a hundred years apart. The second is an engaging lecture recital by Chelsea at the Bangalore International Centre about musical exchange between East and West - beginning with Debussy’s obsession with Javanese gamelans and ending with Reena Esmail’s Indo-Western take on the Hindustani Raag Basant. Both concerts will conclude with virtuosic piano duets showcasing the sister duo.

Lauded for her emotional expressivity and her ability to “sing at the piano”, Indian

pianist Chloe de Souza is creating a name for herself as a soloist and chamber musician. Winner

of two All-India piano competitions, she has performed internationally across India, France and

the United States. Recent appearances include solo recitals for the Roland Park Place Retirement

Community in Baltimore and the Chapel Hill Piano Salon Concert Series in North Carolina, as

well as solo and chamber performances at the Con Brio Music Festival in Mumbai, and the

“M.U.S.i.C - Stars in the Classics” concert series in Cleveland.

An accomplished chamber musician, Chloe has accompanied recitals in voice, strings,

and winds, and continues to coach singers and chamber music groups during her doctoral degree

at the Peabody Institute of John Hopkins. As an avid performer of contemporary classical music

as well, she has appeared in concert with Eastman’s renowned contemporary group Musica Nova

and as a featured soloist with Oberlin’s Contemporary Music Ensemble. She has a keen interest

in educating young musicians, currently serving on the music faculty at the Gilman School in

Baltimore and having taught for Oberlin Conservatory’s Autistic Scholarship Program.

Chloe was elected in 2020 to the American Honor Society, Pi Kappa Lambda. She holds

an L.T.C.L. diploma, a Bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory in Piano and Vocal

Performance, and a Master’s in Piano Performance from the Eastman School of Music. She is

currently working towards her doctorate in piano performance at the Peabody Institute of Johns

Hopkins University, where she teaches classes in the keyboard studies department.

Known for her dynamic artistry and thought-provoking recital programming, Indian pianist

Chelsea de Souza is a Steinway Young Artist equally at home in the worlds of traditional and

new music. The four-time All-India Piano Competition winner has been interviewed on NBC

TV, performed live on public radio, and appeared in concerts across the US, Belgium, Germany,

France, and India. 2022-23 season highlights include appearances for Minnesota Orchestra’s

summer season, the Rothko Chapel, the Menil Collection and Cypress Creek FACE;

performances with New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck for Artists at the Center; and a

commissioning Project Grant from New Music USA. A consummate chamber musician, Chelsea

has performed at La Jolla Summerfest 2022, as a Young Artist Fellow with the DACAMERA

Chamber Music and Jazz Series in Houston, and with award-winning groups “Alarm Will

Sound” and the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. She is currently pursuing a doctorate at Rice

University’s Shepherd School of Music in Houston, where she also teaches classes in music

theory and hybrid music of the Indian diaspora.