#LITTLE BIG SHOTS PIANO PRODIGY FULL#

There is intensity beneath tranquility there are vivid images portrayed by his captivating melody there is depth and sophistication mingled with elegance and simplicity. His music is filled with warmth and sentimentalism. Julian is also a composer of the cross-over genre. As a soloist, Julian has performed with numerous world class symphony orchestras in Spain, Canada, United States, Korea, and China under ranking conductors Zdenek Macal, Lawrence Smith, Noorman Widjaja, Kim Nan Se, Park Jung-Oh and Guo-Yong Zhang. He was also a prize winner in the Berkley Piano Competition. He was the 1st prize winner of MTL Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall, and at Dora Zaslavsky Koch Competition. Julian was a recipient of the Elva Van Gelder Memorial Award and Levy Blanche Award. In 1999, he received his Bachelor’s Degree of Music, and two years later, in 2001, he received his Master’s Degree of Music from the same school. Embarking upon a new pursuit of his music profession, Julian came to New York and joined the Manhattan School of Music, where he trained under Solomon Mikowsky and Donn-Alexandre Feder.

#LITTLE BIG SHOTS PIANO PRODIGY FULL#

In 1994, Julian’s burgeoning talents caught the eye of the Manhattan School of Music, who offered him a full scholarship. For his distinguished achievements and records, the Ministry of Culture of China awarded him the Bao-Gang Prize, an honor that only goes to a select few. At the age of 15, he performed the Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. He was also a prize winner in the Hong-Kong International Competition. He was the first prize winner of Shanghai Competition for Young Pianists, a contest that drew first-class young contestants from the city and other parts of the country. His remarkable piano performance earned him a place in China’s prestigious Shanghai Conservatory of Music, where he studied under Da-Chun Yu. Julian Yu was born in Shanghai, China and started to study the piano at an early age and soon displayed special talents for music.

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