with Dr. Melinda Wagner at The Juilliard School in 2022
Jacky Jiaqi Liu, Composer, Pianist
Jacky's music is described as “having infused the pieces with style, technique and an inherent grasp of the architecture and pacing necessary for a successful musical expression.” (Lucas Richman); “emotionally, dramatically and rhythmically expressed in many levels” (Richard Danielpour); “truly a virtuosic composition and is utmost passionate and exciting, quite dazzling and stimulating” (jury of US Golden Key Composition Competition).
Jacky has started his Bachelor of Music degree at The Juilliard School from fall 2022, studying with Melinda Wagner. Before this, he was an excellent graduate from The Music School Attached to The Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he was admitted with the first place in 2018. His principal composition teachers include Lucas Richman, Yihan Chen, and Changyuan Liu.
Jacky has worked with many excellent musicians on his music. His work “View in Spring” premiered in Bangor, ME, conducted and performed by Grammy-Award Winning conductor Lucas Richman and members of Bangor Symphony Orchestra. In addition, his participation in international festivals and public activities also include: attending the "World Composers' Concert" at the famous Ehrbar Hall in Vienna, sponsored by the US Golden Key Festival Committee in Aug. 2019; attending the opening ceremony of Steinway 165th Anniversary - The First Global Steinway's Rare Treasure Collection of Pianos Exhibition, where he played his own piece for guests and journalists from around the world, invited by Steinway Piano Asia Pacific Co. Ltd. in Nov. 2018. His recent awards and honors in composition include “The Aurae of Life” for woodwind quintet which won the LAUTEATE prize at 17th Donne International Composition Competition and the second prize at Franz Schubert Konservatorium International Composer Competition (2020); “A Summer Day” for piano solo won the first prize at Cat. Senior International in 2020 US Golden Key Music Festival Piano Composition Competition (2020), to name a few.
Some of his works were published by T.U.X. People's Music Publishing Co. in the US; his music is also available at Sheetmusicplus, J.W.Pepper and Midwest Sheet Music.
As a pianist, Jacky has specialized in piano performance from a young age and received rigorous classical training. Selected by his high school, he participated in the 2019 Piano Competition of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region Secondary Vocational Art College, organized by the Ministry of Education of China, where he got second prize; he was the gold-award winner in the Open Class group of the 1st Haydn International Piano Competition Beijing-Tianjin region in 2018; Jacky awarded the honor of " Art Star" by Beijing Municipal Commission of Education in 2015.
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