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Yu-Wei Lee

Yu-Wei Lee is a Taiwanese pianist currently studying at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where she continues her advanced training under Professor Fabio Bidini. She has previously studied at Oberlin Conservatory with Professor Angela Cheng and began her early musical education in Taiwan at the National Taiwan Normal University Affiliated Senior High School.

Education

  • August 2025 – Present: Colburn School of Music, Los Angeles – Major Professor: Fabio Bidini
  • September 2021 – May 2025: Oberlin College & Conservatory, Oberlin – Major Professor: Angela Cheng
  • September 2016 – June 2021: The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Music Program, Taipei, Taiwan – Major Professor: Chiao-Han Liao

Key Awards and Honors

  • December 2025: First Prize, Colburn School of Music Concerto Competition
  • October 2024: First Prize, Oberlin Music Conservatory Concerto Competition
  • April 2024: John Elvin Prize for the Outstanding Junior Pianist, Oberlin Music Conservatory
  • April 2024: 36th Chi-Mei Arts Award, Taiwan
  • December 2023: E.SUN Commercial Bank Scholarship for nurturing outstanding management personnel, Taiwan
  • March 2023: Semi-Finalist, 6th Aarhus International Piano Competition, Denmark
  • November 2021: Finalist, Peter Tacáks’ Beethoven Piano Competition, Oberlin Conservatory
  • August 2020: 3rd Prize, 5th Annual Steinway Youth Piano Competition, Taipei, Taiwan
  • September 2019: Semi-finalist, 3rd Annual Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, China
  • September 2018: 3rd Prize, 63rd International Grotrian Piano Competition, Hannover, Germany
  • November 2018: 1st Prize, 2018 Piano International Competition in Taipei, Taiwan
  • August 2017: Winner, 1st Annual Fazioli: Pianist of the Next Generation Award, Taipei, Taiwan
  • May 2014: 1st Prize, 38th Annual Kawai Piano Competition, Taipei, Taiwan

Performance Experience

Solo and Chamber Performances (Selected)

  • November 2025: Piano Solo Performance, Thayer Hall, Los Angeles, California
  • May 2025: Piano Concerto Performance, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, Ohio
  • August 2024: Piano Performance, National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
  • July 2024: Piano Performance, Edouard Herriot Concert Hall, Lyon, France
  • August 2023: Solo Piano Recital, National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
  • March 2023: Solo Piano Performance, Lille Sal, Musikhuset Aarhus, Denmark
  • August 2022: Piano Performance, “Franz Liszt Piano Festival,” National Concert Hall, Taiwan
  • June 2019: Solo Piano Performance, Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China
  • September 2018: Solo Piano Performance, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Germany

Radio Performances

  • July 2023: WUSF Radio Performance, Florida, USA

Masterclasses and Festivals

  • October 2024: Robert McDonald (Oberlin, Ohio)
  • 2023: Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival – Young Artist Program
  • 2023: Piano Texas Festival – Young Artist Program
  • June 2023: Stanislav Ioudenitch (Oberlin COMO Piano Festival)
  • January 2023: Jerome Lowenthal
  • Additional Masterclasses: Nikolai Lugansky, Đặng Thái Sơn, Boris Slutsky, Michel Beroff, Daniel Shapiro, William Grant Naboré
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