Join us for our exclusive fundraising event hosted by Dutch Ambassador to the UK, His Excellency Simon Smits. It will be an evening of piano music by the talented Yang Yang Cai, who won this year’s YPF Piano Competition in the Netherlands, followed by a festive reception. More information about Yang Yang Cai below. Spaces are limited, so book your tickets as soon as!
Event Details:
Date: 20 November 2019
Language: Dutch/English
Location: Dutch Ambassador’s Residence
Start: 7pm
Doors open: 6.30pm
Ticket price: £100
To buy tickets, please click here.
ABOUT THE PIANISTE
Yang Yang Cai (1998) began playing the piano at age five with Noor Relijk. Subsequently she studied piano with Mila Baslawskaja before continuing her piano studies with renowned piano professor Jan Wijn in 2009. In 2015 she started her classical piano degree at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam also with Jan Wijn. Yang Yang has followed masterclasses with among others Matti Raekallio, Jerome Rose, Mikhail Voskresensky, Jacques Rouvier, Dominique Merlet, Igor Roma, Frederic Chiu, Klaus Hellwig and Boris Berman.
In 2006 she won first prize in her category in the National Competition for Young Music Talent. In 2008 and 2012 she won first prize at the prestigious Steinway Piano Competition. At the age of nine she represented the Netherlands at the International Steinway Festival in Hamburg, Germany, and performed in the renowned Laeiszhalle in Hamburg and received rave reviews from local press. In 2013 Yang Yang won the Junior Final of the Young Pianist Foundation Competition. In this final she played Mozart’s 14th Piano Concerto along with the Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra. Earlier that year she won second prize at the Princess Christina Competition.
In addition to the Laeiszhalle, Yang Yang has played in the Kleine Zaal and the Spiegelzaal of the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ and the DeLaMar theatre. In 2015 she was invited by the Dutch Trade and Investment Office in Taiwan to play in Taipei. In addition, she has participated in The International Holland Music Sessions, Grachtenfestival Amsterdam, Festival Wonderfeel, Festival Jong Talent Schiermonnikoog and International Chamber Music Festival Schiermonnikoog. During summer 2017, she followed masterclasses with Klaus Hellwig in Fellbach, Germany. In 2019 she won the prestigious YPF Piano Competition in Amsterdam.
Since 2014, Yang Yang is associated with the Piano Academy of Piano Duo Festival Amsterdam. Together with pianist Florian Verweij, she forms a successful piano duo. In addition, she regularly performs with prodigy cellist Alexander Warenberg. Together with violinist Shin Sihan and cellist Alexander Warenberg, they play together in the Amsterdam Piano Trio.
