Streaming Concert_#494: Chengcheng Yao Classical Piano Concert

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409 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

Chengcheng Yao

Recorded on 5/28/22

Program:

Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in C minor, K. 11 
Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in E-flat major, K. 371 
Ernst von Dohnányi - Concert Etudes, Op. 28 No. 5 in E major 
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 
Claude Debussy - Images 2ème série 
     1. Cloches à travers les feuilles
     2. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
     3. Poissons d'or

Franz Liszt - Ballade No.2 in B minor, S. 171 

Praised as an “amazing young pianist” by Marin Alsop, Chengcheng Yao is quickly establishing herself as one of today's most creative artists. She has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hebei Symphony Orchestra, and given solo and chamber performances at many venues across North America, Asia, and Europe, including Alice Tully Hall in New York City, Steinway Hall in Hamburg, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Beethoven Center and University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, China Cultural Center in Berlin, National Center for the Performing Arts and Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, University of Toronto, among others.

Winner of the 2017 Elizabeth Parisot Prize from the Yale School of Music, awarded to "outstanding pianists”, Ms. Yao has won prizes in numerous competitions, including First and Special Prize in 71st Steinway International Piano Competition, First Prize in Sigma Alpha Iota Piano Concerto Competition, First Prize in Harrison Winter Piano Competition, Silver Medal in 68th Wideman International Piano Competition, Silver Medal in the 2016 Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition, and Second Prize in Virtuoso & Belcanto Piano Competition.

Ms. Yao completed her Bachelor of Music degree at the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She holds two master’s degrees from The Juilliard School and Yale School of Music, where she worked with Jerome Lowenthal, Matti Raekallio, Peter Frankl, and Hung-Kuan Chen. She is one of the last students of Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University where she is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Ms. Yao is now under the tutelage of Yong Hi Moon and she joined the piano faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music in September 2021.

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