Dr. Jiyuan Zhang started piano at age of 3. She was accepted to the Music Middle School Affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music when she was 10. Her childhood accomplishments include the 1st place at the 1st China National Youth Piano Competition, gold medal at the Shanghai “Haiman” Piano Competition, 1st place at the 71st …
Cihan Yücel’s interest in the piano began at the age of six. This passion led him to the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, where he studied with pianist Menekşe Akar for ten years, and later to The Hartt School at the University of Hartford. By 2023, Cihan had successfully earned his Bachelor’s, Master’s, Artist Diploma, …
American pianist Dr. Belinda Chen has performed at venues such as the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage in Washington, DC (USA), the Teatro Massimio Vincenzo Bellini in Catania, Italy, the International Trade and Convention Center in Savannah, USA, and the International House in Osaka, Japan. She has performed as a soloist with the Bellini Symphony Orchestra …
Described by Jan Popis as an ‘incomparable beauty of color and sound’ (Chopin Gazeta: 2005), Swedish-American pianist Oliver Jia has performed for audiences worldwide and is actively involved in concerts on three major continents. With a repertoire of dozens of concertos and over two hundred solo and chamber works, Oliver made his official debut at …
Born in Eskişehir, Gökhan Aybulus began his musical education at Anadolu University State Conservatory with Prof. Zöhrab Adıgüzelzade. In 2000, he was accepted to Prof. Naum Shtarkman’s class at Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory. Aybulus, who completed his undergraduate and graduate education with Naum Shtarkman in 2006, completed his studies at the doctorate level with Prof. …
Gülsin Onay began playing the piano at the age of three, and gave her first public recital on Turkish Radio when she was six. With the aid of a special state scholarship she studied with Ahmed Adnan Saygun and Mithat Fenmen, and then in Paris, where her teachers includes Pierre Sancan, Monique Haas and Nadia …
Helena Yue Hao is an accomplished concert pianist, accompanist and music educator. Her dynamic interpretations and virtuosic skill have taken her across North America and Asia, where she’s shared her music with audiences in San Francisco, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Shanghai, Beijing, Qingdao, and Nanyang. With an early start at the age of 4, Helena’s remarkable …
Iswargia Renardi Sudarno was born in Bandung, Indonesia, and started his piano lesson there at the age of eleven, with Mrs. Wibanu, Partosiswojo, John Gobée and Oerip S. Santoso. After finishing his bachelor degree in architecture at the Bandung Institute of Technology, he continued his musical education at the Manhattan School of Music in New …
Richard Evans is a pianist of international reputation. He has performed throughout Europe, Australia, Japan and America, notably the Kaufman centre, New York; Falsterbonasets International Festival, Sweden; Festival du Valloir and la Folle Journee, France; Osaka and Kyoto Symphony halls, Tokyo Opera City Hall; South Bank Centre and the Barbican, London. He has broadcast live …
Matteo Generani is an Italian pianist, collaborator, and educator of international renown. He is the winner of both national and international competitions, including the Solo Piano Competition “Villa Oliva” (Italy, 2018) the White Lake Young Artist Solo Performance (Montague, Michigan, 2019) and the Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition (Jefferson City, Missouri, 2020). Recent highlights …