1. Full Name
Wang Yuqian
2. Biography
Wang Yuqian, pianist, born in Changchun, China. Between 2017 and 2024, he completed his bachelor's and master's degrees with honors at the Kazan State Conservatory in Russia, studying under Professor E. V. Burnasheva, Professor E. V. Mikhailov and Professor O. V. Shmayevsky. From 2024 to 2026 he pursued doctoral-level studies at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Honored Artist of Russia, Professor I. N. Plotnikova.
His performing career has taken him across Russia, Central Asia, Europe and many parts of China. In 2020 he was invited to perform at the inauguration concert of the President of Tatarstan, collaborating with the symphony orchestra of the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2021 he appeared on the stage of the Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, performing in two closing concerts of the "39th Feodor Chaliapin International Opera Festival" under the baton of Renat Salavatov. On April 3 of the same year, he performed at the Salikh Saydashev State Concert Hall in Kazan with the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra under Alexander Sladkovsky, opening the "10th Rachlin International Music Season." On December 9, 2025, he was invited to perform Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, with the Kazakh State Academic Folk Music and Drama Orchestra conducted by Yerlan Beysembayev.
Wang Yuqian's playing is renowned for its virtuoso technique and profound musicality.
The Russian newspaper "Real Time" described his performance as "as if ten hands were flying over the keys... His rendition of Scriabin's etudes was full of power, with astonishing technique."
The German "Fuldaer Zeitung" wrote: "He presented all the contrasts, ruptures and palpable duality of Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7 at the highest level, making it hard to believe that he is still a student."
The Kazakh newspaper "Kazakhstanskaya Pravda" praised him for "demonstrating astonishing sensitivity... building the form of the work with virtuoso skill, never losing the profound philosophical thought of the music amid complex technical passages, like a captivating inner monologue."
He has also won numerous awards in major competitions:
2017 — Second Prize at the Second Yuri Yegorov All-Russian Open Competition for Young Pianists (Kazan), Russia
2018 — Best Performance of a French Suite at the Seventeenth Rustam Latypov All-Russian Open Piano Competition (Kazan)
2019 — First Prize (First Place) in the Open Category of the Hong Kong Chopin International Piano Open Competition (Hong Kong)
2022 — Third Prize at the First All-Russian Blinova Accompaniment Competition (Yekaterinburg)
2023 — First Prize at the Second All-Russian "Art of Ensemble" Open Chamber Music Competition (Kazan)
2023 — Third Prize in the Chamber Music Category of the Andrianov International Piano Competition (Yekaterinburg)
2024 — Third Prize at the First Moscow Gnessin International Piano Competition (Moscow), Russia
2024 — Grand Prix at the Fourth "Master's Path" International Piano Competition (Kazakhstan)
2025 — First Prize at the Sixteenth PIANALE International Piano Competition (Germany)
2026 — First Prize (Second Place; First Prize not awarded) in the Open Category of the Hong Kong Liszt International Piano Open Competition (Hong Kong)
3. Education
Kazan State Conservatory, Russia — September 2018 – June 2022 — Piano Performance / Bachelor's degree — under Professor Elfiya Burnasheva (Honored Artist of Russia, Honored Artist of Tatarstan)
Kazan State Conservatory, Russia — September 2022 – June 2024 — Piano Performance / Master's degree — under Professor Yevgeny Mikhailov (Honored Artist of Russia, Honored Artist of Tatarstan) and Professor Oleg Shmayevsky (Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Tatarstan)
Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory — September 2024 – July 2026 — Piano Performance / Doctorate-level (Assistant Internship, performing arts) — under Professor Irina Plotnikova (Honored Artist of Russia)
4. Teaching Activity
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5. Concert Activity
July 13, 2018 — Solo recital at Dingdang Concert Hall, Changchun
July 20, 2018 — Solo recital at Steinway Hall, Changchun
July 25, 2019 — Solo recital at the Concert Hall of Huizhou Cultural and Art Center
August 26, 2019 — Invited to perform at the "2019 Huidong County Third Piano Concert" in Huizhou
September 19, 2020 — Invited to perform at the inauguration concert of the President of Tatarstan with the opera orchestra at the Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
February 27, 2021 — Invited to perform at the closing concert of the "39th Feodor Chaliapin International Opera Festival" (Kazan, Russia)
April 3, 2021 — Performed at the opening concert of the Tenth "Rachlin Seasons" International Music Festival at the Tatarstan State Concert Hall in Kazan, collaborating with the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia) and conductor Alexander Sladkovsky, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1
April 14, 2022 — Performed Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Kazan State Conservatory Symphony Orchestra at the Tatarstan State Concert Hall in Kazan
January 20, 2023 — Invited to the "Chinese Music Night" concert at the Rachmaninoff Hall of the Moscow Conservatory
July 17, 2023 — Solo recital at the Readers' Cultural Park Studio Hall, Huizhou
July 22, 2024 — Solo recital at the Performance Hall of Tianchang Cultural Center
July 23, 2024 — Teaching and performance sharing session at Steinway Hall, Nanjing
September 2018 – May 2024 — Gave nearly 14 solo recitals and participated in more than 20 chamber music concerts at the Kazan Conservatory
January 5, 2025 — Solo recital at the Myaskovsky Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
April 10, 2025 — Solo recital at the Bechstein Piano Store Hall, Changchun
April 16, 2025 — Solo recital at the Parsons Music·Baihua Flagship Store Hall, Shenzhen
April 18, 2025 — Solo recital at the School of Music, Chongqing Normal University
April 25, 2025 — Solo recital at the Rehearsal Hall of the School of Music, Huizhou University
April 27, 2025 — Solo recital at Xingkai Grand Theatre, Huizhou
June 3, 2025 — Solo recital at the Kazan Conservatory
June 7, 2025 — Solo recital at the Myaskovsky Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
July 29, 2025 – August 12, 2026 — Participated in the International Piano Music Festival in Fulda, Germany
December 9, 2025 — Invited to Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, to perform Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Kazakh State Academic Folk Music and Drama Orchestra conducted by Yerlan Beysembayev
January 17, 2026 — Solo recital at the Myaskovsky Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
March 28, 2026 — Solo recital at the Concert Hall of the School of Art, Jilin University
March 30, 2026 — Solo recital at Dalian Neusoft University of Information
March 31, 2026 — Solo recital at the School of Music, Dalian University
April 1, 2026 — Solo recital at the School of Music and Dance, Yantai University
May 17, 2026 — Solo recital at the Myaskovsky Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory
June 18, 2026 — Solo recital at the Kazan Conservatory
August 15, 2026 — Solo recital at Changchun People's Art Theatre
6. Publications and Research (if any)
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7. Scientometric Identifiers (if any)
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8. Participation in Competition Juries
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9. Language Proficiency
Chinese (native)
Russian (fluent)
English (conversational)
10. Contacts
Email: m15543090730@163.com
Class: (to be specified later by the university)