PIANO 2025 : Laureate
Jiaxin Min
earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at The Juilliard School under Sergei Babayan and Matti Raekallio, graduating in 2020. In September 2024 she began her Artist Diploma studies at the Royal College of Music in London under Dmitri Alexeev and Vitaly Pisarenko. She started winning competitions at a very young age. In her second year of piano studies in Shanghai, she won Second Prize at the Shanghai Young Artists Competition and the following year First Prize at the Shanghai Arts Festival. Later achievements include Third Prize at the Fontainebleau Prix Ravel, First Prize and the Liszt Award at the 75th Steinway Competition, Fourth Prize at the e-Piano Competition, and First Prize at the Cooper Competition. In 2012 she made her debut at the Shanghai Concert Hall. She has been invited to appear at the festivals of the Kneisel Hall and Taos School, and the Focus ! Festival, and has worked with such pianists as Yoheved Kaplinsky, Robert Levin and Marc‑André Hamelin.
China
Year of birth: 1996
Teachers
2024 - : Dmitri Alexeev
2024 - : Vitaly Pisarenko
2017 - 2020 : Matti Raekallio
2014 - 2017 : Sergei Babayan
Degrees
2024 - : Artist Diploma, Royal College of Music
2018 - 2020 : Master of Music, The Juilliard School
2014 - 2018 : Bachelor of Music, The Juilliard School
Concerts
2023 : Shanghai Oriental Arts Center
2018 : Paul Hall at The Juilliard School, The Juilliard School
Competitions
2024 : Quarterfinalist, Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition