Hailed by the Washington Post as a young artist with “boundless potential” who can “already  hold his own with the best,” pianist Aristo Sham has dazzled audiences on five continents in  countries ranging from Singapore and Argentina to Slovenia, Morocco, and throughout the  United States.  

Mr. Sham has performed as soloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by  Edo de Waart, the London Symphony Orchestra with Sir Simon Rattle, the English Chamber  Orchestra under Raymond Leppard, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, and the Minnesota  Orchestra. In addition, he has given recitals for the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in  Chicago and the Salle Cortot in Paris, and performed for royalty and dignitaries such as Prince  Charles, the Queen of Belgium, and ex-President Hu of China. 

Last season, Young Concert Artists presented Aristo in his New York debut, as the First Prize winner of the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. This season, he will perform solo recitals at Portland Piano International, Hayden’s Ferry Chamber Music Series, Harvard Musical Association, and multiple recitals in Italy.

He also won First Prize at the 2019 Alessandro Casagrande International Piano Competition in Italy, the Silver Medal at the 2018 Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition, First Prize at the 2018 Charles Wadsworth International Piano Competition, First Prize and the Barenreiter Urtext Special Prize at Germany’s Ettlingen International Piano Competition, First Prize at the New York International Piano Competition, and top prizes at the Viseu (Portugal), Wideman, PianoArts, Clara Haskil, Saint-Priest and Viotti Piano Competitions as well as the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. Last season, he appeared at the Festivals of Tippet Rise, Bravo! Vail, Glafsfjordens (Sweden), and the International Chopin Piano Festival in Duszniki-Zdroj, Poland.

A native of Hong Kong, Aristo completed a joint program of Harvard University and the New  England Conservatory. Harvard granted him a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in  French in 2019, and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the New England  Conservatory in 2020. He currently resides in Sweden, where he serves as Artist-in-Residence  at the Ingesund School of Music. Mr Sham has also attended the Harrow School in the United  Kingdom and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. In his free time, Mr. Sham enjoys  travelling, languages, gastronomy and oenology.