Year of birth: 1999
Place of birth: Datong
Educated in: New York
Place of residence: Dallas
(Plays in Tokyo)

Finalist of the 65th Ferruccio Busoni
International Piano Competition

November 2024 Preselections

Watch Jialin Yao performance.

Program

D. Scarlatti - Sonata in D Minor, K. 213 S. Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux op. 39, no. 5 F. Chopin - Étude op. 10 no. 10 F. Chopin - Barcarolle  


Biography

Jialin Yao has been a Prize-winner in numerous competitions such as the Friuli Venezia Giulia International Piano Competition, the Teresa Carreño Master Piano Competition, the IKOF International Piano Competition, the Singapore International Piano Competition, the Steinway National Competition, the Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition, the Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition, and many others. Jialin Yao has been invited to perform at today’s most prestigious music festivals such as Gilmore Festival, PianoFest in Hamptons, Ravinia Festival, and Verbier Festival. After finishing his Master's degree at the Juilliard School in New York, Jialin is now continuing his studies at Southern Methodist University with Sergei Babayan, pursuing an Artist Diploma.

 

Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.

 

Candidates who withdrew from the competition:

Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng