JiaqiLiu and the score sheet of entrance exams at Central
Conservatory of Music Middle School in June 2018
performed in the opening ceremony of Steinway 165th Anniversary - The First Global Steinway's Rare Treasure Collection of Pianos Exhibition.
studied piano with distinguished Prof. YuanWU
JiaqiLIU was born in 2002, it is perhaps fortunate that the young Jiaqi was attracted to music from a tender age. He received his first musical training when five yearsold, ten years later in 2018 he won the first place in entrance exams enrolling in (Beijing) Central Conservatory of Music Middle School as composition major. During his high school years of 2018-2021, his final examination results of Composition, Piano, Music Theory, Harmony, Solfeggio and other professsional subjects were all "A", especially Composition, Piano and Harmony, ranking first in the whole grade year after year. In addition to the emphasis on the major of composition, he has also specialized in piano performance from young age and received rigorous classical training. Selected by his school, he participated in 2019 Piano Competition of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region Secondary Vocational Art College, organized by Ministry of Education of China. As the only non piano major contestant, he played his own piece Frontier in Gales won the sixth place among 60 contestants, which was the best achievement in history of this competition for non piano major student.
His principal composition teachers include distinguished Chinese composer ChangyuanLIU, composer YihanCHEN; and piano teachers include distinguished Chinese educator YuanWU and pianist TianyangWANG. In recent years, his music idea and concepts have also been influenced in classes and seminars with composers Lucas Richman (USA), Vojna Nesic (Serbia), Matthew Hindson (Australia), Grazia Salvatori (Italy); and with pianist Michael Leuschner (Germany).
His works were described as "truly a virtuosic composition and is utmost passionate and exciting, quite dazzling and stimulating" (jury of US Golden Key Composition Competition) and "your music has a lot of great artistic quality level at which these my sincere congratulations!"(jury of Serbia Donne In Musica International Composition Contest); " I love listen to your music, It's very logical, smart and full of deep meaning and emotions"(George Borisov, musician in the US). At the same time, he felt honored that his music excited and moved audiences when he received a paper note asking to listen to his work again in public concert at Tianjin Grand Theater in Dec. 2018.
Jiaqi's recent awards and honors in composition include:
* The Taste of Life for woodwind quintet won the LAUTEATE prize at 17th Donne International Composition Competition (2020);
* Mother Earth for string quartet won the honorable mention prize at 7th Violettes by Becky Youth Music Composition Competition in the US (2020);
* A Summer Day won the first place at Cat. Senior International in 2020 US Golden Key Music Festival Piano Composition Competition (2020);
* The Woods for solo piano was selected as one of the six works entering the final in Call for Score for the 2nd Beijing Fryderyk Chopin International Youth Piano Competition (2019);
* Fairyland for octet won the second prize in 9th Italy Amigdala International Composition Competition (2019);
* Frontier in Gales for solo piano won LAUREAT Prize in Serbia XV "Donne in Musica" International Composition Contest (2018);
* A Clown in Juggling was selected in the program of "ZENE U MUZICI" International Concerts held in Belgrade and Kragujevac (2018).
His music works Fairyland and The Woods were published by T.U.X. People's Music Publishing Co. in the United States in 2019; His music is also available at Sheetmusicplus, J.W.Pepper and Midwest Sheet Music.
In the same period, Jiaqi got awards in better-known piano competitions, such as:
* The second prize at Professional Group in the Piano Competition of 2019 Secondary Vocational Art Colleges Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (2019);
* The gold award in Open Classes group of the 1st Haydn International Piano Competition Beijing-Tianjin region (2018);
* The third place of group C in the 8th Steinway Youth Piano Competition of Beijing final, advanced to the national final (2017);
* The first prize in youth group D of "Hummingbird Music Award" of China Youth Piano Competition Beijing area and the second prize in the national final (the first prize was vacant) (2017);
* The gold award in the Closing Concert of 2017 Beijing Piano Music Festival (2017);
* The first place in Primary School group of the 18th Beijing Student Art Festival Piano Competition, was awarded honor of "Star of Art" by Beijing Municipal Education Commission (2015).
Jiaqi also participated in international festivals and public activities. In Aug 2019, he attended the "World Composers' Concert" at famous Ehrbar Hall and attended concert "Mozart welcomes the Golden Key Festival winners at His house " at the Bosendorfer Hall at Mozarthaus in Vienna; In Nov 2018, invited by Steinway Piano Asia Pacific Co. Ltd., he attended opening ceremony of Steinway 165th Anniversary - The First Global Steinway's Rare Treasure Collection of Pianos Exhibition. He played his own piece, DongShiShui on "African CHENCHEN Wood" piano for guests and journalists from throughout the world.
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