MUJIE YAN

Versatile both as a solo pianist and as an ensemble musician, Mujie Yan is a Chinese pianist graduating her bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance with Honours of First Class in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under the tutelage of Fali Pavri and Petras Geniusas. She focuses her musical explorations and academic research on Alexander Scriabin’s piano music and Czech Classical music, while perusing through lesser-known works in the extensive world of piano repertoire. 

Born in China, Mujie developed fascinations in music since the age of seven, engaging in various musical activities including vocal training, dance, and piano playing. When she moved to Budapest, Hungary at the age of thirteen, she continued piano studies as a hobby under the tutelage of then doctoral student Javier López Jorge from the Liszt Academy, who inspired her to continue her pursuit of studying piano professionally. From the age of seventeen, she began studying frequently under the tutelage of Professor Balázs Szokolay--a distinguished piano professor and educator at the Liszt Academy. For a brief period from the end of 2018, Mujie also studied with Dr. Tallis Barker and Tony Chen Lin. Tony also coached her thoroughly through her entrance auditions and successful acceptance with scholarship into the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). In the same year, Mujie began her study of the harpsichord with the lecturer Agnes Ratkó of the Liszt Academy. 

After completing her high school studies with International Baccalaureate Diploma with Higher Level Music (7/7), as well as completion of her bachelor’s degree, she is accepted by the RCS for her Master’s studies with a scholarship.  

Mujie has participated in various masterclasses, including but not limited to those hosted by Gábor Eckhardt, Dmitri Alexeev, Steven Osborne and Boris Berman. In 2022, she and her piano duo partner were selected to participate in the summer academy hosted by Accademia Chigiana, having masterclasses with Lilya Zilberstein.

Mujie performed at various venues including the Parbeszed Haza (Budapest) and the Budapest Museum of Music History. She has also performed solo and chamber recitals in the Winchester Cathedral, Ledger Recital Hall and Stevenson Hall (Glasgow). She has also performed as a timpanist in St. James Piccadilly (London) under the baton of Timothy Redmond, as well as an orchestral pianist alongside RCS Chamber Orchestra and RCS Percussion Ensemble (Glasgow). 

In recent years, Mujie has completed a variety of repertoire, including highlights such as A Night in the Gardens of Spain by M. de Falla, Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 by Leos Janacek, Sonata No. 4 and No. 9 by A. Scriabin, and Piano Concerto by A. Dvorak. Furthermore, she delves into collaborative works such as Knoxville: Summer of 1915 by S. Barber and Gypsie Melodies by A. Dvorak, as well as chamber works such as Piano Trio in g minor by B. Smetana. She is also involved in a piano ensemble with her duo partner, studying pieces such as Fantasy for Two Pianos by A. Scriabin and Sonata for Two Pianos, Op. 34b by Johannes Brahms. They recently performed a duo recital featuring orchestral works rearranged for two pianos by S. Lyapunov and A. Glazunov.