Tianyu Liu, 20, China, performs Chen Yao's Air at the Menuhin Competition #Richmond2021 Senior First Rounds.
Tianyu Liu is a scholarship student at the College of Charleston, where he studies with Professor Lee-Chin Siow. He has won prizes at numerous international competitions, including 1st Prize and the Best Paganini Prize at the Cremona International Competition for Strings in Italy in 2016, and the Grand Prize at the 2018 Ronald Sachs International Music Competition. In 2018, he was one of 16 quarter finalists of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand. Most recently, he won 1st Prize at the Young Artist String Competition of MTNA in April 2020. Tianyu made his American debut in 2018 performing Waxman’s Carmen Fantasy at the Lincoln Centre.
Founded by Yehudi Menuhin in 1983, the Menuhin Competition is the world's leading international competition for young violinists. The Competition attracts hundreds of entries from countries across the globe, choosing only 44 of the world’s very best young violinists to participate. Held every two years in a different world city the Competition discovers, encourages and nurtures exceptionally talented young musicians from all corners of the world under the age of 22 years to develop into the next generation of great artists.
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