Jiahao Li

China | 2000

PIANO 2023: Competitor

 

Jiahao Li was admitted to the music school attached to Xinghai Conservatory of music in 2015 and studied with Jinsong Xian, associate professor of Piano Department of Xinghai Conservatory of music. In 2018, he graduated from the music school with top honors in his major and was accepted to both Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Central Conservatory of Music with excellent results. In 2022, he obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and was recommended for admission to the postgraduate program in the Piano Department at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Throughout his time at the Conservatory, he has been studying under the guidance of Associate Professor Duanduan Hao. Besides, he has received several scholarships in the school period. He has also participated in numerous national and international music festivals and was lucky to be guided by renowned teachers such as Robert McDonald, Jerome Lowenthal, Alexander Korsantia, Vladimir Feltsman, and Hung-Kuan Chen.

Program

 

First round

Beethoven: Piano Sonata n.28 op.101
Schumann: Toccata in C Major op.7

Second round

Liszt: Sonetto 47, 104 & 123 del Petrarca (Années de Pèlegrinage-Deuxième annèe-Italie)
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, M.55

Semifinal

Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue BWV 903
Busoni: Toccata. Preludio – Fantasia – Ciaccona, BV. 287
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor S.178

Final

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto n.3 in D Minor op.30