ABOUT JIAQILIU

 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 years old, ten years later he won the first place in entrance exams enrolling in Central Conservatory of Music Middle School as composition major and commenced to study with Prof. ChangyuanLIU. His pieces from this time reveal a fascination with tension, original melody, impact and appeal, and are gradually accepted by the audience, which have been a hallmark of his music-making. 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 with distinguished Prof. YuanWU and associate Prof. TianyangWANG successively. In recent years, his music idea and concepts were also influenced in masterclasses by renowned musicians such as V. Nesic, M.Leuschner, G. Borisov, M.Hindson. 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 MusicaInternational Composition Contest); " I love listen to your music, It's very logical, smart and full of deep meaning and emotions"(George Borisov, famous musician in the US). At the same time, he felt honored that his music excited and moved audiences as he received a paper note in public concert asking to listen to his work again at Tianjin Grand Theater in Dec. 2018.

JiaqiLiu's recent honors and awards 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 work FAIRYLAND and THE WOODS were published by T.U.X. People's Music Publishing Co. in the United States (2019).

In the same period, he got awards in better-known piano competitions, such as:  

  * The sixth place 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).

He 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.  

 

 

 

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