Canadian pianist Yuxiang (William) Ji’s passion for music encompasses symphonic repertoire, instrumental and vocal chamber music, piano solo and concerto repertoire.
In China, Yuxiang studied with Professor Li Yan. He has been working under the guidance of Dr. Henri-Paul Sicsic since spring of 2019. Currently he is studying at New England Conservatory of music, in the studio of Professor Alexander Korsantia. He has also received masterclasses from Jerome Lowenthal, John Perry, Dimitri Alexeev, Boris Slutsky and Francine Kay.
In 2021, Yuxiang was a national laureate at the Canadian Music Competition in Chamber Music. In the same year, he was awarded the Canadian Young Artist Standard of Excellence Award. In 2021,he also received a first prize in the Pacific Youth Music Competition, and was awarded the first prize at the British Columbia Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition. He was awarded two consecutive gold medals at the Steinway Piano Competition in 2020 and 2021.
In 2022, Yuxiang received a third prize in the George.Gershwin International Music Competition in New York City, and was a finalist in the Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition in Porto, Portugal.
In 2023, Yuxiang received the third prize in the London International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists. In the same year he was also awarded the first prize in the Orbetello International Piano Competition.
He also made his debut performance with orchestra in 2021 at the Chan Centre performing the Schumann A minor Concerto. In 2023, he performed Chopin concerto No.1 with the Surrey City Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Ken Hsieh.