Yangrui Cai - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality China

Place of Birth Hunan

Date of Birth November 12, 2000

Prizes

2019 Jury’s Special Prize: Sendai International Music Competition (Sendai, Japan)

2019 Third Prize (Senior Category): Bosendorfer and Yamaha USASU Competition (Arizona, USA)

2018 First Prize: Oberlin International Piano Festival (Ohio, USA )

2017 First Prize: The Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition (Guangzhou, China)

Yangrui Cai began to play the piano at age four, and from the age of eight began his studies with Jay Sun and then with Dr Vivian Li at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music, graduating with distinction in July 2019. He has furthered his studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ohio USA, with world-renowned pianist, Professor Stanislav Ioudenitch.

From an early age, Yangrui has given solo recitals in Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States. He has appeared as a soloist in China with the China Hong Kong Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra and the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, in Japan with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, and in Todi, Italy with TIMM Ensemble.

Yangrui received scholarships to attend festivals in the United States, including Morningside Music Bridge in Boston and the Tanglewood Festival in Massachusetts. He has participated in several masterclasses with esteemed musicians including Dmitri Bashkirov, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Krzysztof Jablonski and Horacio Gutiérrez.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Franz Schubert: from Four Impromptus D.899

III. Impromptu in G♭ Major

Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Paganini Op.35

Book 1
I. Thema. Non troppo Presto
II. Variation 1
III. Variation 2
IV. Variation 3
V. Variation 4
VI. Variation 5
VII. Variation 6
VIII. Variation 7
IX. Variation 8
X. Variation 9
XI. Variation 10
XII. Variation 11. Andante
XIII. Variation 12.
XIV. Variation 13.
XV. Variation 14. Allegro

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Isaac Albéniz: Navarra

Carl Vine: from Five Bagatelles

I. Darkly

III. Gentle

Igor Stravinsky: Three Movements from ‘Petrushka’

I. Russian Dance
II. Petrushka’s Cell
III. The Shrovetide Fair

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Franz Liszt: from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S.173

III. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor Op.57

I. Allegro assai
II. Andante con moto
III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto

Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit

I. Ondine

II. Le Gibet

III. Scarbo

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

Edward Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor Op.82

I. Allegro. Risoluto

II. Romance. Andante

III. Allegro non troppo

Édouard Lalo: Guitare Op.28

OR:

Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Op.65

I. Allegro moderato

II. Scherzo

III. Largo

IV. Finale. Allegro

Gabriel Fauré: Romance in A Major Op.69

Finals

Final Round 1: Concerto with String Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A Major K.414/385p

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Rondeau. Allegretto

Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra

Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.22

I. Andante sostenuto
II. Allegro scherzando
III. Presto