Jialin Yao

Pianist Jialin Yao has been hailed for his “mature, sensitive and polished playing with serious attitude towards music making and a strong mindset for interpretive details” (Dmitri Alexeev), and he is increasingly recognized for his “natural musicianship as well as his very sophisticated technical skills” (Michel Béroff). His love of bringing warmth, passion, and magic to audiences has led to performances throughout North America, Asia, and Europe.

As a soloist, Jialin has performed with the Wuhan Philharmonic orchestra, Orchestra Academia China, and Friuli Venezia Giulia Orchestra (Italy). He also performed Mingxin Du’s Piano Concerto No.1 “The Elegance of Spring,” a performance that was praised by the composer. 

Jialin has been a prize-winner in competitions such as the Friuli Venezia Giulia International Piano Competition, the Teresa Carreño Master Piano Competition, the Singapore International Piano Competition, the Steinway National Competition, the Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition, the Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition. He was selected to the Soloist program of Verbier Festival Academy in 2022.

In 2018, as a distinguished artist of KNS Classical, Jialin released his first album, Campanella. Also, a sensitive and keen chamber musician, Jialin has a wide chamber music repertoire and has performed at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center S. Rose Studio and Église de Verbier Station.

Jialin was born in China in 1999 and began to play piano at the age of four. In 2011 Jialin entered the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. His teachers include Hong Fu, Ruoyu Huang, and currently, Sergei Babayan (The Juilliard School).

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Repertoire

ROUND I
BACH Toccata in G Major, BWV 916
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, Op. 16
    I. Äußerst bewegt
    II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch
    III. Sehr aufgeregt
    IV. Sehr langsam
    V. Sehr lebhaft
    VI. Sehr langsam
    VII. Sehr rasch
    VIII. Schnell und spielend
SCRIABIN Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28

ROUND II
JIANZHONG WANG Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon
CHOPIN Barcarolle, Op. 60
ALBÉNIZ Triana from Iberia (Book 2)
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958
    I. Allegro
    II. Adagio
    III. Menuetto
    IV. Allegro

ROUND III
KAPUSTIN Variations, Op. 41 (1984)
AARON PRADO El Colibrí y la Cempasúchil (2023)

ROUND IV
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54