Mezzo Soprano Silvana Chu received her Master's degree in Music at the Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Chu was the Third Prize Winner of the New Jersey Alliance of Performing Artists. In 2018, Silvana Chu won the First Prize and Special Prize of the vocal division in the Romanian International Music Competition in Japan. In 2019, she was also recognized with the “Expoire” award at the Osaka International Music Competition in both Art Song and Musical categories.

Silvana performed her winner’s concerts at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and Takanawa Ward Center Hall. She also held her solo vocal recital at the Romanian Embassy in Tokyo. In 2023, Silvana was invited to sing her Romania Concert Tour at Athenaeum in Bucharest, as well as Cultural Centers in Brasov and St. George.

Silvana was featured as Mezzo soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass at Lincoln Center, and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy at Carnegie Hall. Other solo works include Bach-Cantata BWV 29, Bach-St. Mark Passion, Bach-St. John Passion, Maurice Duruflé-Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Beethoven's Mass in C Major, Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor, and Mozart’s Requiem.

Silvana’s operatic roles include “The 2nd Lady” in The Magic Flute, “Suzuki” in Madama Butterfly, “Mary” in Der Fliegende Holländer, “Abbess and Monitor” in Suor Angelica, “Irene” in Atalanta, “Bradamante” in Alcina, “Polinesso” in Ariodante,”Giovanna” in Rigoletto, “Orlofsky” in Die Fledermaus, “Cherubino” in The Marriage of Figaro, and “Gertrude” in Romeo et Juliette by Gounod.

Silvana is actively involved with newly written productions. She has premiered the newly written Iranian American opera "The Threshold of Brightness" by Iranian composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh with Beth Morrison Projects at National Sawdust in New York City. She has also premiered the contemporary Italian opera , "Furiosus", composed by Roberto Scarcella Perino at Merkin Hall Lincoln Center, and “Mass for the Future” by American composer George M. Atwell.

In 2025, Silvana will perform her Solo Recital in Tokyo for the 20th Anniversary of Romania Music Society in Tokyo. She will also perform as Alto Soloist in Rossini-Petite Messe solennelle.