Pianist Yifei Xu has been described as an “incredibly passionate and logical pianist” and “an amazing demonstration of prodigious skills.” She has performed in the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival New Music Workshop as a fellow, Aspen Music Festival, Bang on a Can, Mostly Modern Festival, Almalfi Coast Piano Festival, and various venues including, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and BargeMusic etc. Winner of MMF Concerto Competition, Vivo International Music Competition, she has also received the Roy M. Rubinstein Award, the first prize in The American Prize Professional Solo, and was honored by the Eisenberg/Fired Concerto Competition. Recent highlight includes performing the Rautavaara Piano Concerto No.1 with Mostly Modern Orchestra. Upcoming performances include performing at The Noguchi Museum, University of Florida with Blackbox Ensemble, and a solo recital at Columbia University. Xu specializes in contemporary piano performance and performs with the BlackBox Ensemble, American Modern Ensemble, Infrasound Ensemble, NYC Contemporary Music Symposium etc. She earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at Manhattan School of Music, and is completing her Doctoral of Musical Arts degree, studying with Dr. Marc Silverman.
Learn more: www.yifeixu.org