Zizhen Yang – 1st Prize with Special Mention, Piano
Zizhen Yang was born in April 2015. She started to learn piano when she was five and a half years old. She participated in her first piano recital in December 2020, right after 3 months of learning piano. She quite enjoyed it. After that, she participated in a couple of piano recitals, music festivals, and music competitions. In the 30th Annual United States Open Music Competition in California, USA, in February 2022, she was both the first place winner in the event of Treasury of Chinese Composers Elementary Group, and the winner of the Outstanding Performance Special Award in the Winner’s Concert. In the Red Maple Music Competition Spring Season 2022, she was the first place winner in the 7-8 years old keyboard(piano) general group. She won many other competitions as well.