Quanzhou Yan

Country – Republic of China
Age—27

Quanzhou Yan has performed in concerts and solo recitals as well as national and international festivals around the world. He has won top awards in many competitions, including first prize at the National Bakhchiyeva Piano Competition (2013, Russia), the 10th Way to Master International Piano Competition (2014, Russia), and the Semper Music International Competition (2018, Italy). He is also the winner of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Steinway Young Artist Piano Competition in the south-central division in both 2020 and 2021.

Mr. Yan attended the Semper Music International Festival in 2018 and the PianoTexas International Festival in 2019 and 2021, where he received instruction from internationally recognized pianists and pedagogues including Pascal Rogé, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Jacob Katsnelson, Arie Vardi and Stephen Hough.

He was a winner in 2016 of the Texas Christian University Concerto Competition with the TCU Orchestra under the baton of Alexander Fokkens. Mr. Yan has also composed a cadenza for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467 which he performed with the Rostov Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Alexander Mileikovsky.

Mr. Yan began studying piano at age five. In 2011 he was accepted to the Central Conservatory of Music in China and the Rostov State Rachmaninov Conservatory in Russia. During his five years at the Rachmaninov Conservatory, he successfully completed his Bachelor of Music degree in the studio of critically acclaimed professor and People’s Artist of Russia, Rimma Skolohodova. In 2018 he graduated with a Master of Music degree at Texas Christian University under the guidance of esteemed pianist and pedagogue Dr. Tamás Ungár. Following graduation, he was awarded a full scholarship and will pursue his Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance at TCU.

Repertoire

Round I

Scriabin                     Preludes, Nos. 1 – 5, Op. 17

Bartók                        Dance Suite, Sz. 77

Round II

Poulenc                     Trois Novelettes, FP 47/173

Chopin                       Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45

Chopin                       Nocturne No. 2 in E major, Op. 62

Prokofiev                   10 Pieces for Piano, Nos. 1. March, III. Rigaudon, VII. Prelude, X. Scherzo, Op. 12

Round III

Schubert                   Sonata in A minor, D. 784

Medtner                    Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op.5

Round IV

Tchaikovsky              Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23