Concert Pianist

Friday, 18 December 2009

Unique Opportunity to Influence Di Xiao's new Album

Concert Pianist Di Xiao will release an album entitled ‘Fire and Water’ in 2010. Three of the tracks are yet to be selected and with the whole classical repository to choose from Di needs your help.

If you could put any Fire or Ice themed classical track on an album what would it be?

Let Di Xiao know through the Contact Us page of her website! All responses will be automatically entered for a prize draw. The winner of the prize draw will receive a signed copy of the new album.

Submit your idea here!

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Di Xiao, New Website!

Calling all classical music fans, take a look at Di Xiao's all new website!! http://dixiao.webs.com/

Di Xiao's next concert

Di Xiao's next performance will take place at The Queen's Elm Gallery London on 5 December 2009 when she will perform solo works as well as working with leading Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber and Jiaxing Cheng.

Saturday, 26 September 2009

Next Concert

Concert Pianist Di Xiao will perform with the Sinfonia of Birmingham for Sutton Philharmonic Society in Sutton Coldfield Town Hall at 19:30 on 28 September 2009.

Concert Pianist Di Xiao

Chinese concert pianist Di Xiao began her musical studies at the age of four. She won numerous prizes and competitions at an early age, among them first prize in the Luo Shi Trophy Competition in 1990 and Most Outstanding Young Musician of Guangdong Province Award in 1996. She has been invited to perform as a soloist in many countries including Malaysia, Ukraine and the UK. In 1997 she played Chengzong Yin’s Yellow River Piano Concerto in Kuala Lumpur and Penang for the Malaysian Royal Family, which drew much praise from the press and critics.
Her academic studies continued at Guangzhou Conservatory, the Odessa Conservatoire, under the eminent Professors A. M. Bougaevski and G. V. Popova, and later at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing under Professor QiFang Li. She graduated from Beijing with one of the highest marks in the history of the Conservatory. In her native country, she has appeared in a number of important venues including the Beijing Concert Hall. In 2004 she was awarded a full scholarship by Birmingham Conservatoire which enabled her to travel to England to continue her studies under Professors Mark Racz, now Deputy Principle at The Royal Academy of Music London, and Malcolm Wilson. She graduated with distinction in 2006 winning a number of prizes along the way including the Birmingham Conservatoire Piano Prize and prestigious Symphony Hall Prize. In 2007 Di Xiao was awarded a Silver Medal by the Worshipful Company of Musicians as well as taking first prize at the Brant International Piano Competition. The latter led to her selection as the UK representative to the European Concert Halls Organisation (ECHO) Rising Star Series 2008/09.
Between the release of her debut album ‘Di Xiao Presents’ in October 2008 and April 2009 the ECHO Rising Star tour took Di Xiao across Europe to12 of the worlds most prestigious concert halls; Athens Megaron, Brussels Bozar, Luxembourg Philharmonie, Wien Konzerthaus, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Barcelona L'Auditori, Salzburg Mozartium, Köln Philharmonie, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Birmingham Town Hall, Stockholm Konserthuset and Birmingham Symphony Hall. Her recitals at Athens, Barcelona, Hamburg, Luxembourg and Amsterdam were recorded; all were broadcast on national radio stations. Later the same year Ms Xiao performed in Singapore and India for the Bremen Musikfest.
In the UK Di Xiao has performed at a number of prestigious venues and events including Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham Town Hall, Warwick Arts Centre, New Generation Arts Festival, Buxton Arts Festival, Stratford Music Festival and Leamington Music Festival. As a soloist she has most recently worked with the Buxton Music Society Orchestra (Mozart; Piano Concerto, No 23) and the Sinfonia of Birmingham (Beethoven; Piano Concerto, No 4.)
Di Xiao’s concert performances have received much acclaim in the UK. Her debut at Symphony Hall Birmingham in January 2006 was described by the UK Chinese Times as “A stunning concert!” and an early performance of the Schumann Concerto prompted The Birmingham Post to describe her as “a pianist of awesome gifts …”
Di Xiao’s truly inspirational performances stem from an equal mastery of technique, artistry and temperament. She forms a strong bond with audiences everywhere and exudes a special quality and integrity in her music making. However, she continues her quest for perfection and strives continually for self improvement. In June 2006 she had the honour of a personal master-class with Alfred Brendel on Beethoven’s E major Sonata Op. 109, during which he commented on her “very clear mind and excellent fingers!”
Her repertoire reflects a broad spectrum of interests with a wide range of musical styles ranging from the works of Beethoven and Mozart to Ravel, Prokofiev and Messiaen. She has a keen interest in Chinese classical folk music and in contemporary piano works and she seeks tirelessly for innovative ways to bring these works to a wider audience. Di Xiao aspires to be an international ambassador for the piano, combining both Chinese and Western repertoire in the programming of her concerts, thereby creating a bridge between two cultures.

Concert Pianist

Friday, 18 December 2009

Unique Opportunity to Influence Di Xiao's new Album

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Di Xiao, New Website!

Di Xiao's next concert

Saturday, 26 September 2009

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