Dawen Li - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality China

Place of Birth Guangxi

Date of Birth April 29, 1990

Prizes

2015 First Prize: Texas Christian University Concerto Competition (Forth Worth, USA)

2014 First Prize: Piano Texas International Academy & Festival Concerto Competition (Forth Worth, USA)

2018 Second Prize: Los Angeles International Liszt Competition (Los Angeles, USA)

Dawen Li gave his debut recital at the age of twelve. He received his Master of Music and Artist Diploma in Piano Performance at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

As well as recitals and performances throughout China, Europe, Brazil, Canada and USA, he has presented masterclasses and lectures in China and Mongolia – and several performances in Beijing’s Forbidden City Concert Hall. He has performed as a soloist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the New York Concerti Sinfonietta and the China Youth Philharmonic String Orchestra. From 2008 to 2012, Dawen participated in the Beijing International Piano Festival and the 2015 Banff Piano Master Class in Canada. He has received scholarships to attend the Piano Texas International Academy & Festival.

Dawen is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts: Piano Performance degree at Texas Christian University under Dr Tamás Ungár. Since 2018 he has been the Assistant to the Director of the Piano Texas International Academy & Festival.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round

Maurice Ravel: Miroirs  

I. Noctuelles 

II. Oiseaux tristes 

III. Une barque sur l’océan 

IV. Alborada del gracioso 

V. La vallée des cloches

Mily Balakirev: Islamey – Fantasie Orientale Op.18 

Roy Agnew: A Dance Impression

Semi-Finals

Semifinal Round

Franz Liszt: Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch S.206

Franz Liszt: from Années de Pèlerinage, Book II S.161

VII. Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C major Op.53

I. Allegro con brio  
II. Introduzione: Adagio molto  
III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato – Prestissimo

Finals

Final Round

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.26 in E♭ major Op.81a Les Adieux/Das Lebewohl

I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio – Allegro
II. Abwesenheit. Andante espressivo (attacca)
III. Das Wiedersehen. Vivacissimamente (im Lebhastesten Zeitmasse)

Béla Bartók: Piano Sonata Sz.80

I. Allegro moderato 
II. Sostenuto e pesante 
III. Allegro molto

Franz Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor S.171

Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor S.178 

Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in C# minor Op. Posthumous

Ernesto Nazareth: Odéon 