PROGRAMME

PRELIMINARY ROUND 

György Kurtág: Games, Vol. 5. “Fanfares”, No. 32–33
György Kurtág: Games, Vol. 5. “Les Adieux” No. 10
Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, "La Campanella", R. 3/b, S. 141, No. 3
Liszt: Études d’exécution transcendante, “Wilde Jagd”, R. 2/b, S. 139, No. 8
Gounod-Liszt: La Valse de l’opéra “Faust”, S. 407

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SEMI-FINAL

Liszt: Rhapsodie espagnole, R. 90, S. 254  
Liszt: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, S. 173/3 
Wagner – Liszt: Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser, S. 442 

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FINAL

Liszt: Sonata in B minor, R. 21, S. 178 
Liszt: Piano Concerto in E-flat major, R. 455, S. 124 
Liszt: Totentanz, R. 457, S. 126 

Feng Yi-Chen is a Chinese/Taipei pianist currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, while also undertaking Doctor of Musical Arts studies at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. As a soloist, he has appeared in major concert halls across North America, Europe, and Asia, and has collaborated with leading orchestras worldwide, with his artistry recognized through numerous international competition awards.

Education

• 2028 (anticipated): Doctor of Musical Arts, Piano Performance, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
• 2025: Artist Diploma, Piano Performance, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, CA
• 2022: Artist Diploma, Piano Performance, Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT
• 2021: Master of Music, Piano Performance, Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT
• 2019: Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
• 2015: Pre-College Studies, Piano Performance, Colburn Music Academy

Key Awards and Recognitions

• 2025: Semi-finalist, International Liszt Utrecht Competition (Utrecht, Netherlands)
• 2024: First Prize, San Francisco International Piano Competition (San Francisco, CA)
• 2024: Second Prize, Dallas International Piano Competition (Dallas, TX)
• 2022: First Prize & Audience Award, New York Liszt International Piano Competition (New York, NY)
• 2020: First Prize, International Maestro Piano Competition (Taipei, Taiwan)
• 2019: Third Prize, Grand Canal International Piano Art Festival and Lang Lang Piano Competition (Hangzhou, China)
• 2016: Second Prize, Yale Gordon Piano Competition (Baltimore, MD)
• 2015: First Prize & John Bayless Performance Prize, Virginia Waring International Piano Competition

Concert Activity

Solo Appearances with Orchestra

• 2024: San Francisco Ballet Orchestra & SFCM Orchestra (Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3)
• 2023: In-heritage Philharmonic, Hong Kong City Hall (Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1)
• 2022: Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Carnegie Hall (Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1)
• 2022: Yale Philharmonia (Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2)
• 2020: National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1)
• 2019: Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra (Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2)

Solo Recitals (Selected)

• 2025: TivoliVredenburg Hertz (Utrecht, Netherlands)
• 2024: Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall (San Francisco, CA)
• 2022: Weill Recital Hall (New York, NY)
• 2022: National Concert Hall (Taipei, Taiwan)
• 2021: Galerie dorée de la Banque de France (Paris, France)

Chamber Music (Selected)

• 2024: Piano Trio (Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1), San Francisco, CA
• 2022: Piano Trio (Beethoven, Dvořák, and Smetana), Taipei, Taiwan
• 2021: Piano Duo (Rachmaninoff: Piano Suite No. 2), New Haven, CT
• 2017: Piano Quintet (Schubert: Trout Quintet), Baltimore, MD

Teaching Experience

• 2020 – present: Private Piano Teaching (in-person & remote)
• 2024 – 2025: Assistant Conductor, San Francisco High School of the Arts
• 2022 – 2023: Piano Faculty, Wilton Music Studios
• 2019 – 2022: Secondary piano instructor, Yale School of Music

Festivals

• 2024, 2025: Bay PianoFest (San Francisco, CA)
• 2018: Chautauqua Institution (Chautauqua, NY)
• 2016: Banff Centre (Banff, Canada)
• 2012, 2015: Oxford Philomusica Piano Festival

Teachers

• Piano: Yoshikazu Nagai, Boris Slutsky, John Perry, Ory Shihor, Myong-Joo Lee, Mei-Wen Lee, Yin-Min Chang
• Chamber Music: Melvin Chen, Seth Knopp, Michael Kannen, Varty Manouelian, Boris Berman, Ettore Causa, Wei-Yi Yang
• Masterclasses: Sofya Gulyak, James Giles, Ian Barnatan, Ning An, Alexander Kobrin, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Paul Lewis, Jonathan Biss