Yang, Yankai

Germany

Participated in 2026

Group B

Born on 2007-10-27, Beijing (China).
Started to play piano at the age of 5 with Prof. Thomas Wang.

Since 2017 till 2024 has studied at the private studio with Prof. Grigory Shafarenko.

Since 2024 till 2025 has studied at the Shrewsbury School of Music with Prof. Peter Bradley-Fulgoni ARCM..

Since 2025 till now has studied at the Musikhochschule Aachen with Prof. Andreas Frölich.

Attended masterclasses of Justus Frantz.

Received Gold Medal of UK Schools Music Festival (Royal Academy of Music), 2025.

Received 1st prize of Alderley Edge Music Festival, 2025.

Received 1st prize of Shrewsbury School Piano Competition, 2025.

FIRST ROUND

— J. S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in b flat minor WK I, BWV 869

— F. Liszt – from Transcendental Etudes no. 5, “Feux Follets”

— W.A. Mozart – Sonata in B flat Major KV 333, 1st mov.

— F. Mendelssohn-S. Rachmaninov – “Scherzo” from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Second round

— L. van Beethoven – Sonata in C Major, op. 53 in C major, “Waldstein”

— F. Chopin – Nocturne in c minor op. 48 no. 1

— G. Ligeti – Etude no. 13 “L’ecalier du Diable”

Third round

The third orchestral round was introduced in 2020