Tianxu An

Highlights of his 2019–20 season included performances with the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev in St Petersburg, with the China Philharmonic Orchestra with Xiaotang Xia as part of the International Mariinsky Far East Festival, as well as solo recitals at the Mariinsky Theatre St Petersburg and Shanghai Grand Theater. He collaborated twice with Jia Lü, first with the NCPA (National Centre for the Performing Arts) Orchestra for his debut there on October, 2019, and later with the Macau Orchestra at the Grand Auditorium, Macao Cultural Centre in November 2020.

He has also received numerous top awards including first prize in the 2018 Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition; grand prize in the “Helen Cup” Shanghai International Piano Competition; and the second prize in the Wiesbaden International Piano Competition.

He has participated in master classes with Klause Baessler, Barry Douglas, Andrea Bonatta, Maxim Mogilevsky, and Yefim Bronfman.

In summer 2021, Mr. An undertook a major recital tour in mainland China, with performances in 19 cities including key centres like Beijing and Shanghai. His programs included major works by Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. He will record his first CD, a recital album for Alpha Classics, in August 2021, featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.

Mr. An will complete his studies in 2022 at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he works with Meng-Chieh Liu and also privately studies with Dang Thai Son. He previously studied with Hua Chang at the Middle School affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

Tianxu An is globally managed by Armstrong Music & Arts.