Shiqin Huan_Viotti-2026-02

SHIQIN HUAN

 

Shiqin Huan was born in 2005 and is a student at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She began studying the piano at the age of three, and at age seven she began studying with Professor Wang Chun of the Piano Department at the Central Conservatory of Music. In 2015, she was admitted to the primary school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music, and in 2024, she entered the conservatory under the guidance of Professor Jin Ju, a renowned pianist and bronze medalist at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. Her achievements include the special prize at the 4th International Piano Competition Samson François (Bernard Olivieri Special Prize), the best female talent award “Laura Scaratti” at the 13th Verona International Piano Competition, and the second prize at the 29th International Piano Competition “Mauro Paolo Monopoli Prize” (WFIMC).

PROGRAM

 

First round
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3 – “The Hunt”
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): La Valse

Second round
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Enrique Granados (1867–1916): Goyescas, Suite para Piano Part 1, Op. 11:
I. Los Requiebros, IV. Quejas o la Maja y el Ruiseñor

Semifinal
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Partita No. 2, In C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809): Piano Sonata No. 60 in C Major, Hob. XVI: 50
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Nocturne No. 8 in D-Flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Concert Paraphrase On Rigoletto
Enrique Granados (1867–1916): Allegro de concierto
Zhao Zeming (born 1989): The Dance for YangKo

Final with Orchestra
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11