“I am Yu-Jou Shih and I was born in Taiwan in 2016. I began receiving formal piano lessons when I was 5 years old. I am currently a student of prof. Karen Chiang.
I had won many awards in international and local piano competitions in 2022 including Winner of Kawai Music School Piano Competition (First & Second grade and Kids Category), 1st prize in Falla Music Competition, 2st prize in Fantastique Music Competition, Silver Prize Winner in The Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Grand Prize at the USA classical music international competition held in 2022 by IYMC(invited to the New York prize winners’ recital), Gold Prize and Best Modern Performance in Music and Stars Awards, etc.
I like classical and modern music very much . Most pieces of music are Willian Gillock. Even if it is a short piece, I will do my best. My everyday routine practice starts etudes. I will also spend 1 hours playing a few repertoires either my teacher assigned to me or I would like to prepare. Once my teacher think it is OK, We will also record my performance by a camera, both my teacher and mom will give me some advices after we checked my recordings.
In addition to playing the piano, I love drawing and ballet as well. My dream is to become a professional pianist、painter or a performing artist. I have always been passionate about playing the piano. In each of my piano pieces, you can see my different playing skills and emotions.”