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Highly praised by the world’s leading magazine Gramophone as an artist with “both nerve and unusual pianistic assurance”, the OPUS KLASSIK nominated Young Steinway Artist Yi Lin Jiang immediately caught the international music world’s attention with the release of his debut album “Masques” and was rewarded with a nomination for the prestigious German Record Critics' Award within the same season. The French magazine Diapason attested “a gesture carried with proudness” to his playing, AllMusic applauded “his virtuosity as well as his sensitivity to moods”, the Süddeutsche Zeitung spoke about his “tremendous musicality and enthralling depth of expression”, and the Australian Limelight Magazine defined him as “an impressive new kid on the block, prodigiously talented with consummate technique and dash”.
Designated by the German magazine FONO FORUM as “a quite ambitious and equally headstrong label founding”, Yi Lin Jiang established his own record label ANCLEF [LC 96481] in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and received wide recognition by MusicWeb International for its “beautiful production” and “sublime recording quality”. Generously supported by the German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat) as part of “NEUSTART KULTUR”, he successfully released the first EP “Philia” together with fellow Italian pianist and duo partner Jacopo Giovannini, as well as the related solo album “IV·XXI” which received three nominations for the OPUS KLASSIK 2022. Critically acclaimed for its cultural sustainability, the German Orchestra Foundation (Deutsche Orchester-Stiftung) granted ANCLEF the limited vinyl edition “In Memoriam”. Due to an additional support by the GVL, the thriving continuation of his “NEUSTART KULTUR” achievements culminated in the solo album “Fête du soleil” which was selected as rbbKultur’s Album of the Week, and received four nominations for the OPUS KLASSIK 2023 including soloist, young artist, soloist recording, and videoclip of the year. Supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), the upcoming four-hands duo album “H2O” will conclude his accomplishing “NEUSTART KULTUR” journey. Further ANCLEF releases with his long-time sound engineer Peter Laenger are scheduled within the next seasons.
Concert invitations led Yi Lin Jiang to various renowned concert halls including the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, all important venues in Munich (Prinzregententheater, Gasteig, Hercules Hall and Cuvilliés Theatre of the Munich Residence), the historical Willa Atma Zakopane, and London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields where his solo debut was celebrated with standing ovations after an extraordinary performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonata op. 111. He is a welcomed guest at different music festivals including the Munich Opera Festival, the Music Festival of the NDR Radio Philharmonic, the Heidelberger Klavierwoche, the Euregio Musikfestival, the Salzburg Biennale, and the Pianists of the World Series. Collaborations with various orchestras include the Südwestfalen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swabian Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Koszalin Philharmonic Orchestra, the ATTACCA-Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, and the Young Munich Philharmonic Orchestra under notable conductors as Allan Bergius, Massimiliano Caldi, Carlos Domínguez-Nieto, Hans Drewanz, Raphael von Hoensbroech, and Alexandra Helldorff. Recent post-pandemic performances include the Piano Concerto by Robert Schumann, and the Piano Concerto in one movement by Florence Price as the 20th anniversary celebration of Wolfgang Danzmayr’s OrchesterProjekt. Next to his ANCLEF productions, he released his debut album “Masques” and the two-part CD project “Dualis” including the rarely recorded solo transcription of Maurice Ravel’s Ma mère l’Oye. His basic knowledge in six languages and its connecting cultural mentalities is reflected in his wide-ranging, carefully curated repertoire both on stage and in the recording studio.
Born on September 13th 1988 in Munich, the multi-ethnic pianist Yi Lin Jiang received his first piano lessons with Barbara Strauß (1949–2023) at the age of six. Already one year later, he already won his first piano competition. He made his orchestra debut at the age of ten and was rewarded the Youth Culture Prize of Kaufbeuren for his successful music activities. The Mozarteum alumnus studied in renowned piano classes as he belonged both to the last generation of the late German pedagogue Karl-Heinz Kämmerling (1930–2012) as well as to the first generation of the Polish pianist Ewa Kupiec. Further influences by Gerrit Glaner, Evgeny Kissin, Francisco Araiza, Łukasz Borowicz, Toshio Hosokawa, Julius Berger, Vassilia Efstathiadou, and Peter Laenger essentially shaped his versatile ongoing career as a concert pianist, artistic director, university docent, music producer, recording artist, and founder of his own label ANCLEF.
(Updated: 2023-10-02)
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