Yielei Hao

Born in 1996, Yilei Hao started to learn the piano at the age of five. In 2020, he began as the youngest student to study for a doctoral degree at the Central Conservatory of Music, and is tutored by Professor Danwen Wei. Nowadays, Yilei is one of the most outstanding young pianists in China, and he has won many awards and honours at home and abroad. For example, he won the 11th and 13th Chinese Golden Bell Awards for Music, which were hosted by the Chinese Musicians Association. He became the only pianist in China who has won two Golden Bell Awards in the music category so far.

In September 2019, as the only Chinese contestant in the final round of the piano section, Yilei won the 2nd prize in the 2nd International Music Competition Harbin. In January 2017, Yilei won the 1st Prize in the 8th Giorgos Thymis International Piano Competition and became the first Chinese competitor to win a prize since the competition was founded.

As a concert pianist, his performances include solo and chamber music repertoire. He has also collaborated with many famous orchestras, such as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Torun Symphony Orchestra, Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Harbin Symphony Orchestras, and Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, he has performed with well-known conductors including Hannu Lintu, Anna Mroz, Hollerung Gabor, Marcus Bosch, En Shao, and Paul Chiang, among others.