MUJIE YAN
Pianist, Chamber Musician & Harpsichordist
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.
Scriabinesque
2020
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.
Lumen Trio - Smetana Piano Trio
2022
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
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.
Biography
Versatile both as a solo pianist and as an ensemble musician, Mujie Yan is a Chinese pianist graduating her bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance with Honours of First Class in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland under the tutelage of Fali Pavri and Petras Geniusas