Yixiang Hou

Yixiang Hou

China

26 y.o.

Education

• New England Conservatory, Graduate Diploma, Anticipate 2020
• New England Conservatory, Master of Music, 2018
• New England Conservatory, Bachelor of Music, 2016

Private teachers

• Wha Kyung Byun, New England Conservatory, from 2012
• Ting Zhou & Dachun You, Shanghai Conservatory, 2009-2012
• William Chen, Shanghai Conservatory, 2004-2009

Performance experience

• Solo Piano C.W. Davis Concert Hall, Fairbanks, USA 2018
• Jordan Hall, Boston, USA, 2018
• Teatro Civico di Vercelli, Italy, 2017
• Williams Hall, Boston, USA, 2017
• Anhui Music Hall, China, 2016
• Shanghai Conservatory Music Hall, China, 2011
• Oriental Piano School, Shanghai, China, 2010
• Tianjing Concert Hall, China, 2009
• China Conservatory Hall, China, 2009
• Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, China, 2005
• Ningbo Concert Hall, China, 2004
• Soloist with Orchestra NEC Philharmonia, Andrew Litton, Jordan Hall, Boston, USA, 2016
• Shanghai Conservatory Orchestra, Xiaoou Zhao, Shanghai concert Hall Shanghai,China, 2012
• Taiwan Sanchong orchestra, Jiahong Liao, HeLuTing Hall, Shanghai, China, 2009
• Chamber Concert Williams Hall, Boston, USA, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
• Shanghai Conservatory Music Hall, China, 2012
• Shanghai Oriental Art Centre, China, 2011

Awards

• 1st prize, International Music Competition “Salzburg and Amsterdam” Grand Prize Virtuoso,2019
• Finalist, Serge & Olga Koussevitzky Young Artist Award, USA, 2018
• Semifinalist, Washington International Competition, USA, 2017
• Winner, NEC Piano Concerto Competition, Boston, MA, 2016
• Winner, NEC Honors Concert competition, Boston, MA, 2016
• Recipient, Carol and Robert Henderson Presidential Scholarship, Boston, MA, 2012-2019
• Member, Pi Kappa Lambda,USA, 2016
• 1st prize, Wiesbaden Piano Competition, China, 2009
• 2nd prize, Tianjin “Flying Melody “Competition, China, 2009

Envisaged programme

First round

O. Gibbons: Pavane in G minor

L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op.111

Second round

A. Schönberg: Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11

R. Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9

Semifinal

A. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 (“The Black Mass Sonata”) 

W.A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major K. 330/300h

S. Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux Op. 33

Ch.V. Alkan, Le festin d’Ésope Op. 39 No. 12

Final

S. Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30