CONTESTANTS hen Tianyuan Liu was six, he wondered whether he wanted to become a pilot or Wa pianist. He happily chose the musical path that he had begun at age four as a piano student. At age ten, he was accepted into the Central Conservatory of Music’s primary school, and three years later, into the secondary school. At the same time, he was attending the British School of Beijing. During those years, Tianyuan studied with Bao Huiqiao and toured China, winning top prizes in eleven competitions and a concerto performance with the Wuhan Philharmonic Orchestra. In his teen years, Tianyuan’s China tours grew into international ones through his participation in music festivals and competitions in the Ukraine, Spain, and Poland. Yianyuan has played eighteen concertos. Among his notable concerto performances are those with the Xiamen Philharmonic featuring concertos by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Liszt. He performed both of Frédéric Chopin’s concertos with the Polish Torum City Orchestra. Tianyuan Liu ~ age 20 In addition to music, Tianyuan’s international interests include European History and Beijing, China and Baltimore, Maryland English Literature. He has an International Baccalaureate Diploma and a bilingual diploma. Currently, Tianyan is a sophomore at the Peabody Institute of Music at Johns Hopkins University where he studies with Boris Slutsky. SOLO RECITAL ENSEMBLE RECITAL JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH NIKOLAI MEDTNER The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II Sonata Reminiscenza, Opus 38, No.1 Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B major, BWV 892 JOHANNES BRAHMS SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Sonata No. 2 for piano and violin in A major, Opus 100 Étude-Tableaux, Opus 39 I. Allegro amabile V. Appassionato in E-flat minor Margot Schwartz, violin ALEXANDER SCRIABIN LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Opus 19, (“Sonata Fantasy”) Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Opus 37 I. Andante I. Allegro con brio II. Presto Stefanie Jacob, second piano FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Nocturne No. 17 in B major, Opus 62, No. 1 COMPETITION CONCERTO LEON KIRCHNER LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Interlude II Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Opus 37 I. Allegro con brio II. Largo III. Rondo: Allegro.