Jiarui Cheng

Year of birth: 1998
Place of birth: Nanjing
Educated in: Shanghai
Place of residence: Parkville
(Plays in New York)

November 2024 Preselections

Program

D. Scarlatti - Sonata in b minor K. 87 F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 4 S. Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux op. 39, no. 9 C. Saint-Saëns / F. Liszt / V. Horowitz - Danse Macabre, op. 40

Biography

Jiarui Cheng has performed as concert soloist and recitalist in China, United States and Europe. In 2017, he performed Beethoven No.4 with the Grossetto Symphony Orchestra in Italy. Jiarui Cheng has been a prizewinner in multiple competitions including the Scriabin International Piano Competition. In 2019 he performed Rachmaninoff 3rd Piano Concerto to great acclaim with The CIM Orchestra. He was a semi-finalists of Cleveland International piano competition and Santander International piano competition. In 2023 he performed Grieg piano concerto with Aspen orchestra as winner of the Aspen concerto competition. Later, he also performed Beethoven piano concerto No.4 with Tongyeong Music Festival Orchestra as prizewinner of ISANGYUN International Piano Competition.