International First Round
April 3rd, 2024
Berling University of Arts, Berlin
TIANKAI YU, China | 24
00:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 570
18:50 Alexander Scriabin, Sonata No. 4, Op. 30
Tiankai Yu (born in 1999) began playing the piano at the age of four in his hometown of Jiangxi, China. At the age of 15, he came to Germany. Starting in 2015, he received guidance for his future music studies from Prof. Andreas Immer at the Music University of Freiburg. In 2016, he passed the entrance examination at the Music University of Freiburg and completed his Bachelor's degree under the supervision of Mr. Tilman Krämer. In 2020, he transferred to the Zurich University of the Arts for his Master's studies in the class of Prof. Till Fellner and, in 2022, to the Franz Liszt University of Music in Weimar for his concert examination in the class of Prof. Michail Lifits. Tiankai Yu attended masterclasses with Mr. Piotr Paleczny, Mr. Boris Vsevolodovic Petrushansky (Accademia Pianistica Internazionale Incontri col Maestro in Imola, Italy), Mr. Konrad Elser (Music University of Lübeck), Mr. Konstantin Scherbakov (Zurich University of the Arts), and others. Yu is a prize winner in numerous competitions: in 2016, he and his piano trio received a 1st prize at the Federal Competition "Jugend musiziert." In 2017, he achieved 2nd place at the 9th International Rosario-Marciano Piano Competition in Vienna. In the same year, he secured 1st place at the 12th International Piano Competition in Essen. He has also participated in other international piano competitions such as Busoni, Santander, Geza Anda, Manchester etc.
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