Kwan Yi

Professor of Piano, East Carolina University School of Music

Pianist Kwan Yi has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kimmel Center, Kennedy Center, Chicago Symphony Center, Mann Performing Arts Center, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Library of Congress, Metropolitan and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museums, Großer Sendesaal des Hessischen Rundfunks, Auditorium du Louvre, Suntory Hall, and Seoul Arts Center.

Yi has appeared as a soloist with the Russian National Orchestra and the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, and Roberto Diaz on national tours. He was invited to perform at the Kronberg, Ravinia, Trondheim, and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern festivals and Carnegie Hall Presents and Peoples’ Symphony Concert series. He has recorded for FHR and Hänssler labels with violinist Itamar Zorman. His debut solo album, “The Last Look”, featuring late works by Haydn, Brahms and Dutilleux, was released on Centaur Records.

Yi’s awards include Mieczyslaw Munz Prize, National Federation of Music Clubs Award, and prizes in the Fourth Sendai International Piano Competition.

Yi is a graduate of the Curtis Institute, Juilliard School, and the Peabody Institute where he worked with Leon Fleisher and Robert McDonald. He has given masterclasses at the Curtis Institute of Music, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Vivace International Piano Festival. His students have been granted scholarships at prestigious piano programs and won prizes in both regional and national competitions.