QIANLI CHEN

Pianist

Qianli Chen, pianist, is the winner of numerous awards including the bronze medal of the 2023 Wideman competition in Shreveport, Louisiana; the First Prize of the Arthur Dan Competition in 2022 and the First Prize at the 6th Irmler International Piano Competition in 2019.
 
Qianli has given concerts and recitals worldwide including in China, United States, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium. He was praised by the YAMAHA news: “With the exceptional virtuosity, Qianli brought the audience a pure musical enjoyment with flowing notes like clouds drifting across the sky.” 
 
While fully showing his virtuosic skills, Qianli’s performance style maintains a sensitive approach to musical interpretation.  His repertoire is extensive, from Baroque to contemporary music. While refining his approaches to classic repertoires, he is also passionate about discovering and presenting pieces and composers that are underrepresented. For his master’s recital, he presented Bartok’s first piano concerto in a form of two pianos with percussions; his collaboration with Wuhan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra on the Yellow River Piano Concerto was widely spread and praised in China’s social medias.
 
In addition to working as a teaching assistant in Juilliard extension division, Qianli is also now a faculty member of the newly founded Cenya International Piano Academy in China. 
 
Born in Fuzhou, China, Qianli commenced his piano studies at the age of 4 under his mother's guidance, and later under the mentorship of Professor Yang Yifu, Professor Wu Xiao and Professor Wei Zhe. In 2022, he earned a bachelor's degree in music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, studying with Professor Robert Shannon. Qianli has currently finished his master's degree at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Shai Wosner and Stephen Hough.