About the Artist

Chinese pianist Wenting Shi received the Berlin Artur Schnabel Piano Competition in June 2022 and silver prize at the 5th Hong Kong International Piano Competition in 2019. As an international recitalist, Wenting has been invited to perform in many countries around the world. A solo performance in Vienna was recorded in the Austria ORF Radio Symphony Hall and the CD was released in 2021.

A child prodigy, Wenting Shi performed extensively during her formative years in China. She came to the United States in 2011 to study at The Juilliard School with Yoheved Kaplinsky, graduating with a Masters degree in 2017. From 2017 to 2019, she studied at the Yale School of Music with Boris Berman. After three additional years of advanced study in Vienna and Berlin, Wenting returned to the United States in 2022 to pursue a doctorate at Northwestern University under the direction of James Giles.