Xiaoyu Hu

Year of birth: 2005
Place of birth: Quzhou
Educated in: Shanghai
Place of residence: Beijing
(Plays in Shanghai)

Finalist of the 64^rd Ferruccio Busoni
International Piano Competition

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November 2024 Preselections

Program

F. Chopin - Étude op. 25, no. 6 A. Skrjabin - Étude op. 42, no. 5 A. Skrjabin - Sonata no. 5, op. 53 F. Chopin - Mazurka op. 41, no. 4

Biography

Xiaoyu Hu began piano studies at the age of five and was admiitted to the music middle school affiliated to Shanghai conservatory of music at the age of nine, under Prof. Xiangyu Mao. Currently he is a second year Bachelor student at Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, studying with professor Misha Namirovsky. Despite his young age, Xiaoyu is already a prize winner at several competitions, such as the first prize of Shenzhen open piano competition and the first prize of 15th international Deutscher Irmler-Klavierwettbewerb. He has performed with Qingdao philharmonic orchestra and performed in different venues such as “Bridge” Concert Hall, Tianjin Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Bechstein Concert Hall and many others. Xiaoyu has received praise from world renowned masters, such as pianist Angela Hewitt, Matti Raekalio, Jorg Demus and Robert Shannon.

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