2023 Artciál International Piano Competition Prize Winners

Hanwen Shi was born in Nanjing, Jiang Su province, China, in 1999 and started to practice piano at 4. Respectively, he was mentored by a former teacher of Nanjing Art College, then by Pianist and Professor Wenchuan Zheng from Jiangsu Academy of Drama. In 2012, he was admitted by Music Middle School affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Teacher Qi Zhang. From 2014, he was supervised by Dr. Prof. Cheung-yu Mo, Director of the Piano Department of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 2018, He studied at New England Conservatory with Professor Alexander Korsantia, the gold medal winner of the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Competition and Sydney International Piano Competition. During these years, he attended many music festivals such as Bowdoin, Aspen, and Morning side Music Bridge and studied with teachers such as Krzysztof Jablonski, Anton Nel, Fabio Bidini, Hung-kuan Chen and so on . In 2019, He was invited as a guest performer in TedxYouth@HuizhanRd. In November same year, he was invited by Benjamin Zander, the famous conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, to participate in the open music class. In September 2020, he was invited to perform Yellow River Concerto with Nanjing Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2013, He won the First prize in Chopin Etude group, First prize in Beethoven Sonata group, and second prize in the free choice group in the first Singapore International Youth Piano Competition. Same year, He won the "16th Changjiang Cup International Youth Piano Competition" first prize in the junior middle school group in Japan, also the award and bonus of the Chinese Consul General in Osaka. In 2022, he attended the 7th Tbilisi international piano competition.