Zixuan Yang
Prizewinner, 81st Steinway National Youth Piano Competition in Henan, China
At the age of 4, Zixuan began to learn the piano. She won a prize at the age of 5. At the age of 11, she successfully held a solo piano recital. At the age of 12, she was selected to participate in the fifth PYPA Music Festival. At the age of 15, she held solo piano recitals in Guangzhou, Shandong, Sanya and other places.
She has studied under teachers Yang Xiaoming, Zhao Weifeng, Director of the Piano Department of Shenzhen Art School Lan Chen, Professor of Piano at Central Conservatory of Music Hua Chang, Hong Kong famous pianist Cong Ma, young pianist Sheng Zhou, and American pianist Dr. Nansong Huang. She has received guidance and recognition from many famous pianists, such as former director of the Curtis Institute of Music Gary Graffman, legendary Swiss pianist Mira Evtich, Director of the Piano Department of the Hanover Academy of Music and Drama Roland Kruger, and Director of the Piano Department of the Harbin Conservatory of Music Yuan Jie. Zixuan has been carefully guided by the winner of the highest prize of the Rubinstein International Piano Competition, Ching-Yun Hu.
She has won numerous awards. She was titled one of the Top 15 Young Pianists in the Henan Province in 2016. In 2017, she won the gold medal in 3 categories at the 25th American Music Open National Finals and was invited to perform at the Ningxia Grand Theatre. She also was the champion of Children’s Group A in the China Final of the 3rd European National Conservatory of Music Youth Piano Competition. She won the 81st Steinway National Youth Piano Competition in Henan, China and was invited to perform in the Great Hall of the People in the Henan Province. She won first prize in the China Division of the 6th International Young Pianist Competition in Nagoya, Japan in 2018.
In 2021, she was admitted to the high school affiliated with the Xinghai Conservatory of Music. Now, she is in the second grade at that high school where she won the Outstanding Student Scholarship and has studied with professor Pengjie Sun and Dr. Yuntian Liu. Zixuan has a wide range of hobbies, such as reading, dancing, and swimming.