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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

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. She focuses her musical explorations and academic research on Alexander Scriabin’s piano music and Czech Classical music, while perusing through lesser-known works in the extensive world of piano repertoire. 

 

Born in China, Mujie developed fascinations in music since the age of seven, engaging in various musical activities including vocal training, dance, and piano playing. When she moved to Budapest, Hungary at the age of thirteen, she continued piano studies as a hobby under the tutelage of then doctoral student Javier López Jorge from the Liszt Academy, who inspired her to continue her pursuit of studying piano professionally. From the age of seventeen, she began studying frequently under the tutelage of Professor Balázs Szokolay--a distinguished piano professor and educator at the Liszt Academy. For a brief period from the end of 2018, Mujie also studied with Dr. Tallis Barker and Tony Chen Lin. Tony also coached her thoroughly through her entrance auditions and successful acceptance with scholarship into the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). In the same year, Mujie began her study of the harpsichord with the lecturer Agnes Ratkó of the Liszt Academy. 

 

After completing her high school studies with International Baccalaureate Diploma with Higher Level Music (7/7), as well as completion of her bachelor’s degree, she is accepted by the RCS for her Master’s studies with a scholarship.  

 

Mujie has participated in various masterclasses, including but not limited to those hosted by Gábor Eckhardt, Dmitri Alexeev, Steven Osborne and Boris Berman. In 2022, she and her piano duo partner were selected to participate in the summer academy hosted by Accademia Chigiana, having masterclasses with Lilya Zilberstein.

 

Mujie performed at various venues including the Parbeszed Haza (Budapest) and the Budapest Museum of Music History. She has also performed solo and chamber recitals in the Winchester Cathedral, Ledger Recital Hall and Stevenson Hall (Glasgow). She has also performed as a timpanist in St. James Piccadilly (London) under the baton of Timothy Redmond, as well as an orchestral pianist alongside RCS Chamber Orchestra and RCS Percussion Ensemble (Glasgow). 

 

In recent years, Mujie has completed a variety of repertoire, including highlights such as A Night in the Gardens of Spain by M. de Falla, Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 by Leos Janacek, Sonata No. 4 and No. 9 by A. Scriabin, and Piano Concerto by A. Dvorak. Furthermore, she delves into collaborative works such as Knoxville: Summer of 1915 by S. Barber and Gypsie Melodies by A. Dvorak, as well as chamber works such as Piano Trio in g minor by B. Smetana. She is also involved in a piano ensemble with her duo partner, studying pieces such as Fantasy for Two Pianos by A. Scriabin and Sonata for Two Pianos, Op. 34b by Johannes Brahms. They recently performed a duo recital featuring orchestral works rearranged for two pianos by S. Lyapunov and A. Glazunov.

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

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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