Yangrui Cai

Biography

Born in 2000 in Shunde, Guangdong, Chinese pianist Yangrui Cai began his musical studies with Vivian Li and Jay Sun before continuing with Stanislav Ioudenitch at the International Center for Music at Park University International Center for Music after completing his Bachelor of Music at Oberlin Conservatory. A semi-finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, he received the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for Best Performance of a New Work. His distinctions include First Prize at the Japan Piano Open International Piano Competition, Fourth Prize at the Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition, and awards at the Busoni Piano Competition and Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. Praised by Pi-hsien Chen for his “exceptional” sound and imagination, he has app