CV

Tingting Yao - Resume

Academic Background

2015-2016 Advanced Postgraduate Diploma (Professional Performance), Birmingham Conservatoire.

2014-2015 Master of Music. Birmingham Conservatoire.

2010-2011 Master of Music. University of Melbourne.

2005-2009 Bachelor of Arts. Tongji University.

Main Performance Experience

2016.4 Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Music Showcase. St John's Smith Square, London.
Brahms Clarinet Sonata, No.2, Op.120. (Brahms Chamber Work Series).
Birmingham Conservatoire.

2016.2 Schubert Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.99. D.898. (Schubert Festival). Birmingham Conservatoire.

2016.2 Fundraising Concert, St Mary's, Kintbury, Berkshire. (Sold out)

2016.1 Brahms Clarinet Sonata, No.1, Op.120. (Brahms Chamber Work Series).
Birmingham Conservatoire.

2016.1 Monday Showcase (with Winifred Micklam Prize winner)
Birmingham Conservatoire.

2015.12 Piano Showcase, Symphony Hall Birmingham.

2015.4 Concerts in the Round, St Chad's, Stratford.

2015.3 Fundraising Concert, Polish Millennium House. Birmingham.

2015.2 Fundraising Concert, St Mary's, Kintbury, Berkshire. (Sold out)

2014.5 "Saturday Afternoon Tea" Concert series. Shenzhen Concert Hall. (Sold out)

2014.1 Shenzhen Singers Music Association Gala Concert. Shenzhen Concert Hall. (Sold out)

2013.9 "Golden Trumpet" Beautiful Sunday Concert Series. Shenzhen Concert Hall. (Sold out)

2012.8 "Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor" with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra for Lang Lang's "Love, Together" Charity Concert.

2010.11 Piano Recital, Camberwell Church, Melbourne.

2009.10 Hong Kong City Hall Elite Pianists Concert.

2005 - 2009 Accompanist for Tongji University Student and Teaching Staff Choir.

2005 - 2009 Tongji University Music Department Concerts, served as a soloist as well as a frequent and diverse accompanist.

2006 - 2009 Accompanist for Shanghai Grand Theatre Arts Class Series. (Multiple)

2007.8 Accompanist for Shanghai University Students Singing Competition.

2007.5 Tongji University 100th Anniversary Concerts. (Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D Major)

2006.5 Tongji University 99th Anniversary Concerts.

2005.6 "Fenglin Festival" Postgraduate Variety Show.

2005 - 2009 Perform and collaboration with the Music Department of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

2005.9 Performance with Music Faculty of Universität Leipzig, Germany.

Major Competition Experience

2016.2 1st Prize: Ambache Prize for the Performance of Music by Woman Composers (accompanist)

2016.2 1st Prize: Birmingham Conservatoire Strings Prize (accompanist)

2015.10 1st Prize: Beryl Chempin Beethoven Prize for Pianists.

2015.6 1st Prize: Winifred Micklam Prize (accompanist).

2015.4 1st Prize: Andrew Downes Performance Prize (accompanist).

2015.2 2nd Prize: Delia Hall Accompanist Prize for Pianists.

2015.2 1st Prize: Renna Kellaway Piano Recital Prize

2015. Denis Matthews Memorial Trust Award (DMMT).

2009.1 2nd "Sino-Singapore International Music Competition". Singapore.
Gold Prize: Chopin Group
Silver Prize:Open Group

2008.7 Professional Youth Group Silver Award:
Guangdong Province "Struer Cup" Piano Competition. China.

2008.8 Gold Medal: Youth Pianist Competition- the "World Youth Chinese Talents Selection". China.

2008.8 Special Prize in "World Peace Prize - American International Piano Competition" (Asia Pacific Region). China.

1997. First Prize: "Haiman Cup" Piano Competition (Grade 7 division). China.

1993. First Prize: "Five Continents Cup" Shanghai Young Pianist Competition (5th group division). China.

1992. Silver Prize: Shanghai "Tianshan Cup" Piano Competition. China

CV

2016

Academic Background

2015 – 2016: Advanced Postgraduate Diploma (Professional Performance), Birmingham Conservatoire.

Main Performance Experience

Birmingham Conservatoire Chamber Music Showcase. St John’s Smith Square, London.

Main Performance Experience

Main Performance Experience
Brahms Clarinet Sonata, No.2, Op.120. (Brahms Chamber Work Series). Birmingham Conservatoire.

Main Performance Experience

Schubert Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.99. D.898. (Schubert Festival). Birmingham Conservatoire.

Major Competition Experience

1st Prize: Ambache Prize for the Performance of Music by Woman Composers (accompanist)

Main Performance Experience

Main Performance Experience
Fundraising Concert, St Mary’s, Kintbury, Berkshire. (Sold out)

Major Competition Experience

1st Prize: Birmingham Conservatoire Strings Prize (accompanist)

Main Performance Experience

Brahms Clarinet Sonata, No.1, Op.120. (Brahms Chamber Work Series). Birmingham Conservatoire.

Main Performance Experience

Monday Showcase (with Winifred Micklam Prize winner) Birmingham Conservatoire.
2015

Academic Background

2014 – 2015: Master of Music. Birmingham Conservatoire.

Main Performance Experience

Piano Showcase, Symphony Hall Birmingham.

Major Competition Experience

Denis Matthews Memorial Trust Award (DMMT).

Major Competition Experience

1st Prize: Beryl Chempin Beethoven Prize for Pianists.

Major Competition Experience

1st Prize: Winifred Micklam Prize (accompanist).

Main Performance Experience

Concerts in the Round, St Chad’s, Stratford.

Major Competition Experience

1st Prize: Andrew Downes Performance Prize (accompanist).

Main Performance Experience

Fundraising Concert, Polish Millennium House. Birmingham.

Main Performance Experience

Fundraising Concert, St Mary’s, Kintbury, Berkshire. (Sold out)

Major Competition Experience

2nd Prize: Delia Hall Accompanist Prize for Pianists.

Major Competition Experience

1st Prize: Renna Kellaway Piano Recital Prize
2014

Main Performance Experience

“Saturday Afternoon Tea” Concert series. Shenzhen Concert Hall. (Sold out)

Main Performance Experience

Shenzhen Singers Music Association Gala Concert. Shenzhen Concert Hall. (Sold out)
2013

Main Performance Experience

“Golden Trumpet” Beautiful Sunday Concert Series. Shenzhen Concert Hall. (Sold out)
2012

Main Performance Experience

“Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor” with the Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra for Lang Lang’s “Love, Together” Charity Concert.
2011

Academic Background

2010 – 2011: Master of Music. University of Melbourne.
2010

Main Performance Experience

Piano Recital, Camberwell Church, Melbourne.
2009

Academic Background

2005 – 2009: Bachelor of Arts. Tongji University.

Main Performance Experience

Hong Kong City Hall Elite Pianists Concert.

Main Performance Experience

2005 – 2009: Accompanist for Tongji University Student and Teaching Staff Choir.

Main Performance Experience

2005 – 2009: Tongji University Music Department Concerts, served as a soloist as well as a frequent and diverse accompanist.

Main Performance Experience

2006 – 2009: Accompanist for Shanghai Grand Theatre Arts Class Series.(multiple)

Main Performance Experience

2005 – 2009: Perform and collaboration with the Music Department of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

Major Competition Experience

2nd “Sino-Singapore International Music Competition”. Singapore.` Gold Prize: Chopin Group Silver Prize:Open Group
2008

Major Competition Experience

Gold Medal: Youth Pianist Competition- the “World Youth Chinese Talents Selection”. China.

Major Competition Experience

Special Prize in “World Peace Prize – American International Piano Competition” (Asia Pacific Region). China.

Major Competition Experience

Professional Youth Group Silver Award: Guangdong Province “Struer Cup” Piano Competition. China.
2007

Main Performance Experience

Accompanist for Shanghai University Students Singing Competition.

Main Performance Experience

Tongji University 100th Anniversary Concerts. (Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D Major)
2006

Main Performance Experience

Tongji University 99th Anniversary Concerts.
2005

Main Performance Experience

Performance with Music Faculty of Universität Leipzig, Germany.

Main Performance Experience

“Fenglin Festival” Postgraduate Variety Show.
1997

Major Competition Experience

First Prize: “Haiman Cup” Piano Competition (Grade 7 division). China.
1993

Major Competition Experience

First Prize: “Five Continents Cup” Shanghai Young Pianist Competition (5th group division). China.
1992

Major Competition Experience

Silver Prize: Shanghai “Tianshan Cup” Piano Competition. China

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