Mr. Chen received his first piano lessons from his father when he was five. He began his career as a concert pianist at age ten with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. At the age of thirteen, he was chosen by the Taiwanese government from a national talent search and sent to Vienna, Austria, where he later obtained a Concert Diploma. He then went on to receive a Konzert Examen from Musik Hochschule (The highest honor of Diploma in performance) of Hannover in Germany. He continued further study under Lazar Berman and participated in Murray Perahia's masterclass.

Mr. Chen has been awarded top prizes and recognitions in  the Rubinstein International Competition in Tel Aviv, Manresa, Stresa, Bellini, and Rome. He is also the prize winner in the Bachauer International Competition in Salt Lake City, as well as Rachmaninoff (Italy), Vienna (Austria), Callas (Greek), Chopin (Warsaw, Poland).  Madame Rubinstein personally presented Mr. Chen his prize in Tel Aviv. Chen has had personal audiences with Presidents Wojciech Jaruzelski and Itzhak Rabin.

In 1994, he was named the Principal Soloist of the "Moldova" Iasi and Tirgu Mures Philharmonic Orchestra in Romania. He has appeared as soloist with many renowned orchestras such as the National Polish Radio Symphony, Utah Symphony, Budapest Symphony, Prague Symphony, Moscow State Symphony, Russian State Symphony, Ukrainian State Symphony, Romanian National Radio Symphony, Goettingen Symphony, Singapore Symphony, the New Philharmonia Japan, Shanghai Symphony, National Taiwan Symphony, Taipei Symphony, and London Chamber Players, amongst others. In 1998, he was invited to be the Soloist with the Taipei Symphony on their Asian Tour. He was also the designated Soloist of the 75th Anniversary of Turkey and in 2001 was honored at the official celebration of the 2nd Anniversary of Macao's Regression to China. Chen has also worked with many of today's leading conductors, among them; Sergiu Comissiona, J. Silverstein, A. Ligeti, A. Wit, G. Delogu, and P. Kogan.

Since Mr. Chen's European debut in 1984 at the Grossensaal of the Konzerthaus in Vienna, he has made appearances at many festivals such as the International Salzburg Music Festival, Vienna Spring Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Janacek Music Festival (CZ), Hong Kong Festival, Taipei Music Festival, Taipei Arts Festival, International Rachmaninoff Music Festival Moscow, Janacek Music Festival Czech, Chopin Festivals in Austria, Czech and Poland and several Festivals in Romania. Sponsored by various institutes, e.g. the International Chopin Society, he tours regularly throughout Asia, Europe, and the U.S.A.

In 1983, Chen was awarded the "Boesendorfer" prize in Vienna. In 1989, heas chosen by the Minister of Culture in Taiwan as "Best Young Artist".  Mr. Chen was invited by the president of Taiwan, His Excellency Mr. Teng-Hui Lee to his Festival Concert at the Presidential Palace. The National radio and television networks also broadcast this concert.  He also received honorary distinctions from the Czechoslovakian Chopin Society in 1990, and from the Salzburg Festival in 1991. In that same year, Mr. Chen won the "Albert Roussel Prize" in Paris and the "Taiwan Millennium Best Artistic Performance Award" in 2000.

Mr. Chen has produced CD recordings with labels such as Universal, Naxos International, KKM Austria, Zruden Music and Better Music. These recordings include works by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky as well as his own transcriptions. Since 2002, Mr. Chen has been the Artist-in-Residence of Hong Kong Radio Television. His concerts are often broadcast in radio and television throughout Europe, Asia, America and Australia. 

Mr. Chen is also an active chamber musician and has performed with well-known chamber groups such the Lark Quartet and Shanghai Quartet. Mr. Chen has also given master classes in acclaimed conservatories such as the New England Conservatory in Boston, and the Masterplayer International Music Academy in Lugano. Mr. Chen also serves as a jury member of international piano competitions.

Mr. Chen has been praised by various renowned musicians including Maestro Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Alicia de Larrocha who described Chen's playing as "magnificent" and "full of promise." After Chen's masterful performance of Rachmaninoff's second Piano Sonata during a piano competition, he received masterful praise from the New York Times critic Harold C. Schonberg. Mr. Chen also received monumental praise from his completion of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos in two consecutive nights and left a lasting impression on the audience.g