Rowena Sanchez Arrieta (born 1962) is a Filipina pianist.
At 19, Arrieta won fifth place and title of Laureate at the VII Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow and special prize for being the “youngest and most promising contestant” among 82 pianists[1] and is the only Filipino to have attained this honor.
[2] Subsequently, she won first prize at the 1986 José Iturbi Competition in Valencia, Spain.
[3] The New York Times described her playing as having a "fevered, demonic intensity" and "a gentle, sublime introspection".
She has performed in various cities of the former Soviet Union, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Australia, Hong Kong, United States, and her native Philippines.