Education
DMA student in Piano Performance, The Hartt School
MM in Piano Performance, Manhattan School of Music
BM in Piano Performance, Manhattan School of Music
Yimiao Fang is an active classical pianist, piano educator and harpsichordist who has given performances and lectures around the world. Ms. Fang is a current doctoral candidate in piano performance at The Hartt School, and graduated from Manhattan School of Music in New York City for both her undergraduate and masters degrees in piano performance. She has received three international piano competition awards and was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall) three times in 2024, having won two first prize awards and an honorable mention in competition.
Ms. Fang won the Steinway & Sons Top Piano Teacher Award in NYC, and was the youngest judge of the Steinway & Sons National Piano Competition in Nanjing, China for two consecutive years. She was also the youngest judge of the GOCAA New York International Music Competition in NY. Ms. Fang is an Official Steinway Educational Partner in the U.S. She has been a piano teacher for New York Music and Arts in NYC, Steinway & Sons Piano School in Nanjing, China, and other locations. She is also a member of the China Association for Promoting Children’s Culture and Art – Youth Arts Education Committee and an officially registered teacher of the ABRSM Piano Exam (Beijing). Her featured piano solo concerts "Salute Classical Music with Youth" were exclusively covered by dozens of mainstream media outlets such as Xinhua News Agency, Sohu.com, Sina News, NetEase News, ifeng.com, China.com, and others.
Ms. Fang is active on the international stage. She has been invited to participate in the Europe Music Festival in Germany (2018), the New York Summit Music Festival (2017), the Italy International Music Festival (2016), and others, with scholarship. She has performed and given lectures in worldwide concert halls including Carnegie Hall in NYC, Greenfield Hall in NYC, Zhengzhou Grand Theater in Zhengzhou, China, Steinway Hall in Nanjing, China, and Saale Concert Hall in Halle, Germany.
She is a currently student of Professor José Ramos Santana, who is the first prize winner of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the piano department chair at The Hartt School and a piano professor at New York University. She previously studied with Dr. Marc Silverman, prior chair of the Piano Department of Manhattan School of Music, Prof. Phillip Kawin of Manhattan School of Music, and the highly acclaimed pianist and professor of Central Conservatory of Music, Prof. Yunjie Chen.
In the past, she has been awarded many scholarships including the MSM Scholarship from Manhattan School of Music, Hartt DMA Talent/Honors Award, and the Graduate DEIJ (Diversity, Equity and Social Justice) Scholarship from University of Hartford, among others.
In 2021, Ms. Fang's piano masterclass and performance were featured activities for the Pearl River · Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition Series held at the Zhengzhou Grand Theater. They received enthusiastic responses and were widely acclaimed.
During her more than decade-long piano teaching career, Ms. Fang’s students have won gold and silver awards in many international and Chinese piano competitions including: Melbourne International Music Competition, GOCAA New York International Piano Competition, International F. Liszt Piano Competition, GOCAA San Francisco International Piano Competition, Steinway & Sons National Youth Piano Competition, Mittag International Piano Competition, Olympic Piano Competition, China Art Festival, and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music Youth Art Festival Piano Show. Yimiao Fang has received outstanding piano instructor awards from these competitions, and her students are active across the world-wide stage. They have been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in NYC, Steinway Hall in NYC, America’s National Opera Center in NYC, Chengdu City Music Hall in China, Beijing Radio and Television Station in China, Melbourne Music Festival in Australia, and Hannover School of Music, theatre and media, Germany. Additionally, her online piano students from around the world have achieved wonderful accomplishments including an offer for a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance at Nanjing University of Arts, winning some of the many awards mentioned above, and being invited to perform around the world.
Media music reviews on her performances
"Yimiao Fang’s piano performance conveys such excellent vitality, this kind of youthful life comes from ancient eras, and it is full of the pulse of the modern times through her magic touches. The music atmosphere of the ancients is infiltrated into the sound of Yimiao’s Music. It is simple and vivid, tender, and passionate, with such outstanding penetration that touches your heart..." –Xinhua News Agency
"Yimiao's piano technique is so exquisite and gorgeous with profound emotion and thinking." –xhby.net
"From her music, you can feel a fiery and sincere heart, playing joy, anger, sorrow, happiness and suffering of the real world." –NetEase News
"Her music can not only be heard its excellent musical connotation, but also its shining spiritual core." –China Entertainment Times
Teaching Philosophy
I am here to help each student find the beauty and passion within the music. To help them obtain the ability to convey their own voice through the music is my all-time passion. I strongly believe that there are no inferior students, there are only wrong methods. I wish that every student who loves piano could have the chance to play piano well. Piano is not exclusively for innately talented people; piano performance skills can be learned. I consider the basic techniques and approaches crucial to achieving great music. I always make specific study plans and goals for each student. The performance stage also plays an important role in piano performance study. I strongly encourage my students to perform onstage as much as possible, and I constantly look for and provide performance opportunities such as concerts, competitions, music festivals, and masterclasses to each of my students throughout the year.
Ms. Yimiao is active on the international stage. She has been invited to participate in the Europe Music Festival in Germany (2018), the New York Summit Music Festival (2017), the Italy International Music Festival (2016), etc. with scholarships. She had performed and gave lectures in worldwide concert halls including Carnegie Hall in NYC, Greenfield Hall in NYC, Zhengzhou Grand Theater in Zhengzhou, China, Steinway Hall in Nanjing, China, Saale Concert Hall in Halle, Germany, etc.
She is currently studying with Professor José Ramos Santana who is the first prize winner of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the piano department chair of University of Hartford — the Hartt School and piano professor at New York University. She also had studied with Dr. Marc Silverman, the previous chair of the Piano Department of Manhattan School of Music, the educator Prof. Phillip Kawin of Manhattan School of Music and the highly acclaimed pianist and professor of Central Conservatory of Music, Prof. Yunjie Chen.
In the past, she has been awarded with many scholarships, for example, MSM Scholarship from Manhattan School of Music; Hartt DMA Talent/Honors Award and the Graduate DEIJ (Diversity, Equity and Social Justice) Scholarship from University of Hartford, etc.
In 2021, Ms. Yimiao's piano masterclass and performance as one of Pearl River · Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition Series Activity held at the Zhengzhou Grand Theater received enthusiastic responses and was widely acclaimed.
During more than a decade piano teaching career, the students she taught have won gold and silver awards in many international and Chinese piano competitions, such as Melbourne International Music Competition, GOCAA New York International Piano Competition, International F.Liszt Piano Competition, GOCAA San Francisco International Piano Competition, Steinway & Sons National Youth Piano Competition, Mittag International Piano Competition, Olympic Piano Competition, China Art Festival, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music Youth Art Festival Piano Show, etc. Yimiao Fang also won the outstanding piano instructor awards of these competitions. Her students are active on the world-wide music stages as well. They have been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in NYC, Steinway Hall in NYC, America’s National Opera Center in NYC, Chengdu City Music Hall in China, Beijing Radio and Television Station in China, Melbourne Music Festival in Australia, Hannover School of Music, Theater and Media, Germany, etc.
After several years’ online teaching, Ms. Yimiao’s online students around the world had achieved wonderful accomplishments. For example, received offer of Bachelor of Music degree as Piano Performance Major in Nanjing University of Arts; won the awards mentioned above and invited to perform around the world as well.
I am here to help each student find the beauty and passion within the music, to help them obtain the ability to convey their own voice through the music are my all-time enthusiasm. I strongly believe that there are no stupid students, there are only wrong methods. I wish every student who loves piano could have chance to play piano well. This is not exclusively for talented people; piano performance is something could be learnt. I consider the basic techniques and approaches are crucial to achieve great music. I always make specific study plans and goals for each student. The performance stages are also playing important role in piano performance study as well, I strongly encourage my students to go to stages as much as possible, and I constantly look for and provide stage performance opportunities such as concerts, competitions, music festivals, masterclasses, etc. to each of my student throughout the year as well.
"Yimiao Fang’s piano performance conveys such excellent vitality, this kind of youthful life comes from ancient eras, and it is full of the pulse of the modern times through her magic touches. The music atmosphere of the ancients is infiltrated into the sound of Yimiao’s Music. It is simple and vivid, tender, and passionate, with such outstanding penetration that touches your heart..."
—Xinhua News Agency
"Yimiao's piano technique is so exquisite and gorgeous with profound emotion and thinking."
—xhby.net
"From her music, you can feel a fiery and sincere heart, playing joy, anger, sorrow, happiness and suffering of the real world."
—NetEase News
"Her music can not only be heard its excellent musical connotation, but also its shining spiritual core."
—China Entertainment Times