Year of birth: 1998
Place of birth: Jinan
Educated in: Hannover
Place of residence: Beijing
(Plays in Paris)
Finalist of the 65th Ferruccio Busoni
International Piano Competition
F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 1 S. Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux op. 39, no. 9 M. Ravel - La valse
Ziyu Liu is a student of Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover. He is the winner of several international competitions including the 1st Prize at the 70th Giovan Battista Viotti International Music Competition 2019, the 1st Prize and the Beethoven Concerto Prize at the 29th Città de Cantù International Piano and Ocherstra Competition 2019 and the 1st Prize at the Singapore International Piano Competition 2019. He is also the 3rd Place winner of the Kissinger KlavierOlymp in Bad Kissingen and the Finalist (2nd place) of the 10th International German Piano Award in Frankfurt. He has performed in concert venues such as the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Warsaw Philharmonie.
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