陳必先(1950生),鋼琴家。出生於臺北。自幼即展現絕佳音感,5歲隨崔月眉學琴,7歲即與鄧昌國合作演奏莫札特《e小調小提琴奏鳴曲》,是臺灣第一位獲准出國的天才兒童。9歲遠赴德國科隆音樂院學習,1970年畢業。隨後屢次在國際大賽中獲獎,如1972年比利時伊莉莎白大賽與第二十一屆慕尼黑聯合廣播公司音樂大賽首獎、荀白克大賽首獎及美國舉辦的巴赫大賽首獎。隨後展開演奏生涯,受邀至各城市與國際知名指揮家及樂團合作。1983年,任職於德國國立科隆音樂學院,2004年轉任德國弗萊堡音樂院。陳必先的演出曲風涵蓋範圍甚廣,從巴洛克到現代都能自在優遊,鮮少華人鋼琴家能與之匹敵。2000年後,亦於臺灣舉辦諸多音樂會與大師班、發行專輯,並客座於國立交通大學音樂研究所及國立臺灣藝術大學等。
CHEN Pi-Hsien, born in Taipei in 1950, is an internationally-renowned classical pianist. CHEN received her first piano lessons at the age of four and had her debut at five. At the age of nine, she began attending Cologne Conservatory of Music (Hochschule für Musik Köln) for further study, and she graduated in 1970. CHEN has won many important international competitions. She won a prize from the Concours Reine Elisabeth, as well as first prize in the 21st Rundfunkanstalten ARD International Piano Competition in Munich in 1972. She is also a first-prize recipient from the Arnold Schönberg Competition and the J. S. Bach Competition held in the USA. Since then, CHEN has performed worldwide and collaborated with top-ranked orchestras and conductors. She currently resides in Germany, teaching at the Freiburg Conservatory of Music (Hochschule für Musik Freiburg).