Yuanfan Yang

Born in Edinburgh and living in Leeds, Yuanfan Yang is establishing himself as one of the most interesting and distinctive musical voices of today, as a multi-faceted award-winning pianist, composer, and improviser.

He is a former first-class graduate of the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music in London. Yuanfan’s performances of Schumann and Liszt have been compared to the young Ashkenazy by International Piano Magazine, and his own compositions have been praised for their ‘soulful poignancy’ in The Observer.

Through his broad musical interests, Yuanfan performs a diverse range of repertoire, from Baroque to the contemporary, all reflected through his increasingly imaginative programming combinations that sometimes bind narrative, cultural, and aesthetic themes.

His wide musical palette is also reflected through his own original music, where alongside instrumental and vocal music (not limited to classical) he has composed four full-scale piano concertos, which have all been performed throughout China, France, Russia and the UK.

His ‘Piano Concerto No. 3 in Five Movements’ won 1st Prize & Gold Medal in the composition category of the Rachmaninoff International Music Competition in 2022.