20240216

Artist

Metropolitan International Piano Competition

Schedule

Friday
February 16, 2024
8:00 P.M.

Venue

Mary Flagler Cary Hall
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 W 37th Street, New York NY 10018

Program

Claude Debussy (1862~1918):
Golliwog's Cakewalk
Frédéric Chopin (1810~1849):
Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 in B-flat Minor
Doris Tian, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685~1750): Two Part Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784
Chopin: Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 in B minor
Vincent Xu, piano

Beethoven:
Sonata No. 5 in C Minor, op 10, no 1, 1st movement
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873~1943):
Étude-Tableaux, op. 33, no. 4 in D Minor
Qiao Yu, piano

~BRIEF RECESS~

Felix Mendelssohn (1809~1847):
Variations sérieuses in D Minor, op. 54
Jessie Gong, piano

Beethoven:
Sonata in D Major No.7, op.10, no.3, 1st movement
Rachmaninoff:
Prelude Op.32, No.12 in G-sharp Minor
Prelude Op.23, No.2 in B-flat Major
Yo-Yo Qu, piano

Bach:
Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp Major, BWV 858
Chopin:
Ballade No.1 in G Minor, op.23
Yen-Fei Wang, piano

Finalists

Junior I Division (Age ~12)

Doris Tian (12)
Doris began her piano study at age 5. She is currently studying at Marymount School of New York, a private girls' school in Manhattan. She is also a preparatory piano student at the Manhattan School of Music.

Vincent Xu (8)
Born in New York in 2015, Vincent Xu started his piano journey at the age of five. He won first place in the Elite International Music Competition in 2021 and second prize in the Piano League International Competition in 2022. He joined “Music Kids for Charity'' during the pandemic and performed at many online fundraisers for the “Children’s Heath fund” for New York and Elmhurst hospitals.

Qiao Yu (11)
Qiao Yu started learning piano from Le Zhang at the age of 5. He was a multi-year winner at the Shanghai International Youth Piano Competition; and a third prize winner at both the Steinway Piano Competition Shanghai Division and the 2023 Shanghai Piano Open National Finals across-age division.

Junior II Division (Age 13~17)

Jessie Gong (17)
Xuanyan Gong was born in Shanghai, China. Music entered Xuanyan’s life at the age of five. Before she knew it, an indissoluble bond had forged between her and music. In 2018, Xuanyan moved to the United States together with her parents and brother to study at The Juilliard School pre-college division with Professor Matti Raekallio and later on with Professor Ernest Barretta. In 2022, Xuanyan participated in masterclasses with Professor Oleg Volkov and Shai Wosner. In the same year, Xuanyan Gong became a fellow of NPR’s From the Top program, performed for a children’s hospital and made an appearance in one of From the Top’s shows. Xuanyan also became a member of the Artemisia Foundation and won the First Prize, Senior Division in the Kaufman Music Center International Piano Competition.

Yo-Yo Qu (13)
A pupil of Shigu Zhang, Shijun Wang and Hsiang Tu, Yo-Yo Qu is the first prize winner at the 2022 Florida Federation Music Clubs Junior Concerto Competition, the 2022 Florida State Music Teachers Association Junior Concerto Competition, the 2022 Chopin Foundation Florida Junior Chopin Prize, the 2022 and 2023 Florida State MTNA Junior Piano Competition, and the 2023 Oxana Yablonskaya Piano Institute Kovachevitsa Piano Festival. He is also a recipient of the 2024 University of Florida International Piano Festival Fellowship.
An 8th grader of Alice Landrum Middle School in Florida, Qu is the National Junior Honor Society President, Student Council Recording Secretary, Yearbook Section Editor, Principal Oboe of the school band, speech and debate team member, America Mensa Society member, Mathcounts school team captain, and National Latin Honor Society member.

Yen-Fei Wang (16)
Yen-Fei Wang was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She started learning piano at the age of 4. In 2020, Yen Fei Wang was admitted to the Tianjin Juilliard School as a piano major and is currently studying under pianist Xiaohan Wang, professor and director of the piano department at the Tianjin Juilliard School. She has won top prizes at the 2023 US New Star Music Competition, the 4th Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, 2022 Guangzhou Summer Academy, 2019 World Piano Teachers Association International Piano Competition, among others. She is also a finalist at the 18th German Ettlingen Youth Piano Competition.