YU-WEI LEE – TAIWAN (21)

Taiwanese pianist Yu-Wei Lee was the first-prize winner of the 38th annual Kawai Piano Competition. She was also the recipient of the 2017 Tung-Ho Steel Foundation Artist-in-Residence scholarship and the winner of the 1st Fazioli: Pianist of the Next Generation award. Yu-Wei finished in third place at the 63rd International Grotrian Piano Competition and in 2020, she earned Third Prize at the Steinway Youth Piano Competition in Taiwan. In 2021, she was a finalist in Peter Takács Beethoven Piano Competition. In 2023, Yu-Wei was a semifinalist at the Aarhus International Piano Competition in Denmark. In 2024, she received the John Elvin Prize for the Outstanding Junior Pianist in Oberlin Music Conservatory and the 36th Chi-Mei Arts Award in Taiwan. In July, she received an honorable mention in the Lyon International Piano Competition. Yu-Wei has collaborated with the Taipei Century Symphony Orchestra at the National Concert Hall in Taipei. Since her first solo piano recital at age ten, she has had recitals in many countries worldwide, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, the United States, Germany, and China. She has given solo performances in the Taipei Bach Chamber Hall, KHS Hall, Fazoli Piano Center, and the National Concert Hall in Taiwan. Yu-Wei currently studies with Angela Cheng at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in pursuit of her bachelor’s degree.