Yuanfan Yang began playing piano at age six at the Horsforth Music Centre in Leeds. He passed Grade 8 at age eight and achieved a Diploma of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music at age ten. He currently studies piano and composition and has been awarded for both. His most recent awards for piano performance are first prizes in the Keyboard Category of the BBC Young Musician 2012 and the 2010 RNCM James Mottram International Piano Competition (under 19). He has performed at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and the Manchester Bridgewater Hall, among other notable venues and has performed with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and other remarkable groups.
Disklavier Audition |
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Ludwig van Beethoven |
Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7, 1st mov. |
Claude Debussy |
La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune |
Yuanfan Yang |
The Haunted Bell |
Franz Liszt |
Paganini Etude No. 3, S. 141/3 "La Campanella" |
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First Round |
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Johann Sebastian Bach |
Prelude & Fugue in B flat minor, Book I, BWV 867 |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major, Op. 7, 1st mov. |
Yuanfan Yang |
Waves |
Sergei Rachmaninov |
Adagio Sostenuto, Op. 16 No. 5 |
Franz Liszt |
Paganini Etude No. 3, S. 141/3 "La Campanella" |
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Second Round |
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Franz Schubert |
Impromptu Op. 142 No. 3 in B-flat Major, D935 |
Claude Debussy |
Preludes, Book II |
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II - La puerta del vino |
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VII - La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune |
Yuanfan Yang |
The Haunted Bell |
Franz Liszt |
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 in A Minor |
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Semi-Final Round |
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Felix Mendelssohn |
Variations Serieuses, Op. 54 |
Yuanfan Yang |
The Sun Sinks Beyond the Mountain Ridge |
Sergei Prokofiev |
Sonata No. 7 in B-flat, Op. 83 |
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Finals |
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Frederic Chopin |
Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, 1st mov. |