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A Study on the Piano Music of Leoš Janáček

2022

In recent years, Mujie's repertoire choices shine a light on lesser-known works in the piano world, with a focus on Czech composers and their piano/chamber works. Particularly those by Leoš Janáček and Bohuslav Martinů.

L. Janáček: Sonata, 1.X.1905 - Mujie Yan
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Scriabinesque

2020

A. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, "Black Mass", Op. 68
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Outside of Czech piano music, Mujie is also deeply fascinated by the works of A. Scriabin. She is working through his piano music from later sonatas to smaller undiscovered gems. 

Harpsichord & Continuo

This April, her debut recital takes her audiences through major works by Handel, Rameau, Duphly and Froberger, while sprinkled with her interest in Martinů’s pieces for harpsichord. This marks an important step in her career as a harpsichordist, which is featured in a preview article written by Carol Main OBE of Live Music Now Scotland, published in The List magazine’s April issue.

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Chamber Ensembles

Smetana: Piano Trio in g minor, 2nd Mvmt
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Lumen Trio - Smetana Piano Trio

2022

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The Lumen Trio, with Portuguese violinist Inês Alves Ferreira Soares and American cellist Josiah Duhlstine, first introduced in 2021, began their first performance exploring Smetana's only and tragic Piano Trio in g minor. From 2023, they continue to work together while broadening their repertoire choices, to works by Beethoven and Suk. 

Duo Immersio - Scriabin Fantasy 
2022
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A. Scriabin: Fantasy for Two Pianos (Op. Posthumous) - Mujie Yan & David Anastasiou
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As their first debut in the concert titled Orchestra Reimagined at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2022, David Anastasiou, a Cypriot pianist and Mujie Yan, a Chinese pianist joined efforts curating a programme full of new and exciting elements, performing lesser-known orchestral works for two pianos by Alexander Glazunov, Sergei Lyapunov and Alexander Scriabin. 

 

This is not the first concert experience after they met in their studies in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, as they have performed many times in Keyboard Showcases and Piano Festivals. Despite always finding joy in exploring and converging their differences, David and Mujie share the common passion in incorporating rarely-played works in their concert programming, introducing brand new experiences for concert attendees. During Duo Immersio’s years of collaboration, they were involved in numerous masterclasses and opportunities, learning and furthering their understanding of collaboration and piano duet-playing through advices from world-renowned pianists and educators, Professor Boris Berman, Lilya Zilberstein and more. They have also premiered works by new composers such as Adrian Stark.

Mujie Yan Pianist

Biography

Having recently made her solo harpsichord debut with the Institut Français d’Écosse at St. Cecilia’s Hall in Edinburgh, Mujie Yan is a versatile solo and collaborative pianist and harpsichordist from Shaanxi, China. She is about to begin her doctoral studies at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), focusing on the keyboard and chamber music of Leoš Janáček and Bohuslav Martinů.

 

Equally passionate about exploring Baroque and Early music timbres—both on period instruments and the modern piano—Mujie curates imaginative recital programmes that redefine traditional sonorities. In 2025, she won major chamber music competitions and gave numerous performances across Scotland, collaborating with string and woodwind players on both historical and contemporary instruments. As a young artist with the prestigious Leeds Song 2025 programme, she also presented sensitive yet virtuosic recitals with her duo partner.

 

Mujie Yan completed her Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS), studying under Fali Pavri and Petras Geniušas. She went on to earn her Master of Music degree at the RCS as well, studying with Professor Aaron Shorr and Sinae Lee. Throughout the last four years, Mujie also developed as a harpsichordist under the guidance of Jan Waterfield.

 

Born in Shaanxi, China, Mujie developed a love for music from the age of seven, engaging in vocal training, dance, and piano. At thirteen, she moved to Budapest, Hungary, where she continued piano as a hobby under the guidance of Dr. Javier López Jorge, a doctoral student at the Liszt Academy at the time. His mentorship inspired her to pursue piano professionally. By seventeen, she was studying regularly with distinguished piano professor Balázs Szokolay from the Liszt Academy. From late 2018, she also received coaching from Dr. Tallis Barker and Tony Chen Lin. After completing the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with Higher Level Music (7/7), she was successfully admitted to the RCS under scholarships. In 2019, Mujie began her harpsichord studies with Agnes Ratkó at the Liszt Academy.

 

Mujie took part in numerous masterclasses with renowned pianists, including Gábor Eckhardt, Dmitri Alexeev, Steven Osborne, and Boris Berman. In 2022, she and her piano duo partner were selected for the prestigious summer academy at Accademia Chigiana, studying with Lilya Zilberstein.

 

She has performed in venues such as Párbeszéd Háza, Pasaréti Közösségi Ház, and the Budapest Museum of Music History. In the UK, her performances include solo and chamber recitals at St. Cecilia’s Hall, Winchester Cathedral, St Giles’ Cathedral, Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Conservatoire, Glasgow Cathedral, and various RCS venues. She has appeared as a timpanist at St James’s Piccadilly (London) under Timothy Redmond, and as an orchestral pianist with both the RCS Chamber Orchestra and RCS Percussion Ensemble. Most recently, she performed as harpsichordist in a chamber orchestra led by the late professor and conductor David Watkin, performing Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3.

 

Mujie’s repertoire spans solo, chamber, and collaborative works. Highlights include Nights in the Gardens of Spain by M. de Falla, Janáček’s 1.X.1905 Sonata, Scriabin’s Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 and 9, and Dvořák’s Piano Concerto. Her collaborative performances include Knoxville: Summer of 1915 by Barber, Sonata for Violin and Piano by Lekeu, and Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by Mišek. As part of her piano duo, she explores works such as Fantasy for Two Pianos by Scriabin and Sonata for Two Pianos, Op. 34b by Brahms. Their recent recital featured orchestral works transcribed for two pianos by S. Lyapunov and A. Glazunov.

 

Mujie has received numerous awards in both solo and chamber categories. She was a semi-finalist in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician 2024 competition. With her piano duo Duo Immersio, she won the Peter Lindsay Miller Piano Duo Prize (2024). In voice and piano, she has received First Prize in the Elgar Spedding Lieder Prize (2024) and the Hugh S. Robertson Scots Song Prize (2022), and Second Prize in the Tony and Tania Webster Prize for Voice and Piano (2022). Alongside her cellist and violinist, she was also a two-time winner of the Louis Carus Duo Ensemble Prize (2021).

Experiences

1st Prize

Peter Lindsay Miller Piano Duo Competition 2024.

1st Prize

Elgar Spedding Lieder Competition for Voice and Piano 2023. 

Semi-Finalist

BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician 2024. 

1st Prize

Louis Carus Duo Prize for Strings and Piano 2021. 

1st Prize

Hugh S Roberton Scots Song Competition for Voice and Piano 2021.

Calendar

  • 14 May 2025, 18:00 – 21:00
    Glasgow, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    Senior Strings students compete to win the coveted Governors Recital Prize.
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  • 13 May 2025, 18:00 – 21:00
    Glasgow, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    Senior Vocal Performance students compete to win the coveted Governors Recital Prize.
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  • Mon 05 May
    05 May 2025, 13:00
    Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, Vereinigtes Königreich
    Joining Baroque Oboist Molly Sellors performing C.P.E. Bach’s Sonata in g minor.
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  • 24 Apr 2025, 19:00 – 20:20
    Edinburgh, 50 Niddry St, Edinburgh EH1 1LG, UK
    For this concert at St Cecilia’s Hall, Mujie Yan will guide us through a captivating harpsichord programme that showcases the instrument’s versatility, expressiveness, and timeless elegance.
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  • 05 Apr 2025, 12:00 – 12 Apr 2025, 22:00
    Leeds, Leeds, UK
    It is an honour to be selected--alongside my duo partner and Scottish tenor Euan McDonald--to take part in the prestigious Leeds Lieder Festival 2025 as one of this year's young artist duos. Catch us in Leeds for our performances and showcases this April!
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  • Tue 11 Mar
    11 Mar 2025, 10:00 – 13:00
    Glasgow, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    Joining forces again with my long-time duo partner and Belgian violinist Victor Pevernagie, taking part in this competition for duo ensembles in RCS.
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  • 06 Mar 2025, 10:00 – 13:00
    Glasgow, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    Reunited with her duo partner and Scottish tenor Euan McDonald, they will once again perform as part of this competition in the RCS.
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  • Tue 04 Mar
    04 Mar 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
    Glasgow, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    This performance combines a classical recital with storytelling, brought to life in a live radio show format. Ines will be joined by RCS students and graduate musicians in a performance that fuses classical and contemporary music with acting.
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  • 26 Feb 2025, 18:00 – 19:00
    Glasgow, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    Once again, organising this year's Keyboard Sessions with the theme of mythology and folklore here at the RCS. Alongside our talented keyboard students, we would like to present you with an evening full of exciting and innovative music through this student-curated concert.
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  • Wed 13 Nov
    13 Nov 2024, 18:00 – 19:20
    Glasgow, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    Joining the RCS Chamber Orchestra as a harpsichordist performing one of Bach's most iconic Orchestral Suite No. 3. Tickets: https://www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/rcs-chamber-orchestra/
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  • 21 Oct 2024, 13:00 – 14:00 BST
    Glasgow, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    Performing alongside Scottish tenor Euan McDonald as part of the prize winner's concert with RCS Vocal Performance Department, presenting exquisite Lieder for voice and piano.
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  • Sat 19 Oct
    19 Oct 2024, 19:30 – 21:00 BST
    Edinburgh, Broughton St. Mary's, 12 Bellevue Cres, Edinburgh EH3 6NE, UK
    The Cruahcan Court Orchestra launches with a fabulous concert that links magic and nostalgia conducted by Callum Hüseyin.
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  • Sun 22 Sept
    22 Sept 2024, 16:00 – 17:30 CEST
    Brugge, Ryelandtzaal, Achiel van Ackerplein 3, 8000 Brugge, Belgium
    Together with Belgian violinist Victor Pevernagie, they are united in Brugge for the first time performing works for violin and piano by Ferenc Vecsey, Béla Bartók, Robert Schumann and Leoš Janáček.
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  • Fri 06 Sept
    Budapest, Pasaréti Közösségi Ház
    06 Sept 2024, 19:00 – 21:00 CEST
    Budapest, Pasaréti Közösségi Ház, Budapest, Pasaréti út 102, 1026 Hungary
    Together with Belgian violinist Victor Pevernagie, they are united in Budapest for the first time performing works for violin and piano by Ferenc Vecsey, Béla Bartók, Robert Schumann and Leoš Janáček.
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  • 16 Jun 2024, 18:00 – 19:30
    Glasgow, Castle St, Glasgow G4 0QZ, UK
    Duo Immersio presents piano four-hand works by Dukas, Schubert, Weber, Scriabin/Winkler, Chabrier, MacDowell and Ligeti.
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  • 13 Jun 2024, 15:50 – 16:40
    Glasgow, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    A dissembled piano quartet: music for violin and piano, viola and piano, and of course, cello and piano, performing works by Leoš Janáček and Paul Hindemith.
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  • 26 May 2024, 18:00 – 19:00
    Clarkston, 4 Vardar Ave, Clarkston, Glasgow G76 7QP, UK
    A small recital featuring piano duet works by Schubert, Weber, Paul Dukas and more.
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  • 09 May 2024, 19:30 – 21:00
    Glasgow, 100 Renfrew St, Glasgow G2 3DB, UK
    Playing alongside RCS Percussion Ensemble with the one and only Colin Currie
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