Xinran Shi lives in San Jose, California. She began playing piano at four and a half and currently studies with Hans Boepple. Xinran was a 2020-2022 Young Scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. In 2022, she won first prize in the Kaufman Music Center International Youth Piano Competition, fourth prize in the Ettlingen International Piano Competition, and she was the state winner in the MTAC State Solo/Concerto Competition. Among her previous honors were top prizes in these competitions: the International e-Piano Junior Competition, Aloha International Piano Competition, Chicago International Music Competition, San Jose International Piano Competition, Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford CT, the Steinway Piano Competition Regionals and Nationals, Philadelphia International Piano Competition, Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition, China Grand Canal Piano Art Festival, Seattle International Piano Competition, and the Pacific Music Society & Foundation Competition.

Xinran has attended various music programs such as Morningside Music Bridge, the PYPA Piano Festival, the Aspen Music Festival and School 2020 Virtual Program, the John Perry Academy Summer Festival, and the Grand Piano Series. She appreciates having had the opportunity to learn from great teachers, musicians, and pianists including Lang Lang, Gary Graffman, Arie Vardi, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Jerome Lowenthal, Hung-Kuan Chen, Ching-Yun Hu, Kathryn Brown, John Perry, Ruth Slenczynska, and Jay Sun among others.

Besides playing piano, Xinran enjoys dancing, reading, swimming, and traveling.

REPERTOIRE

Round I

Liebermann                 Gargoyles, Op. 29

Chopin                         Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6

Chopin                         Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Round II

Bach                            Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 874/WTC II

Beethoven                   Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2

Round III

Chopin                         Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11