Fellowship

The Bay PianoFest Fellowship is a fully funded program that recognizes outstanding young pianists, offering full scholarships to support their artistic growth and participation in the festival.

2026 Fellowship

Yang Gao

Silver Medalist, 2025 Wideman International Piano Competition

First Prize, 2023 Harrison Winter Piano Concerto Competition

Preliminary Round, 2025 Chopin International Piano Competition

DMA, Peabody Institute (Artist Fellow)

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Daniel Chen Wang

First Prizes, “A Step Towards Mastery” competition

First Prize, “La Rioja” Piano Competition in Spain

Third Prize at the EPTA Belgium W-B competition

BM, New England Conservatory of Music (Artist Fellow)

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David Gatien

Pre-College, SFCM (Young Artist Fellow)

Peter Takács Classical Sonata Prize, 2026 Hilton Head International Piano Competition

First Prize, 2025 San Francisco International Piano Competition.

First Prize, 2024 Seattle International Piano Competition

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2025 Fellowship

Yichen Feng

First Prize, 2024 San Francisco International Piano Competition, San Francisco, USA

First Prize & Audience Award, 2022 New York Liszt International Piano Competition, New York, USA

DMA, Peabody Institute

Hyojin Shin

First prize and the Best Performance prize, Teresa Carreño Master International Piano Competition

Second Prize at the 2022 Jacob Flier International Piano Competition

DMA, Peabody Institute

Soyeon Chang

Artist Diploma, SFCM

First Prize at 2025 Fanny Mendelssohn Competition

Second Prize at the Amadeus Vienna Piano Salon Competition

Third Prize at the Seigfried-Weishaupt International Piano Competition