Current Fellows

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Jingquan Xie '28

Characterized by the Toronto Concert Review as a pianist who “has found her own voice and is making music that goes beyond the technical and musical demands of the music,” Jingquan made her debut with Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra performing Chopin Piano Concerto in F minor at age 13 under the baton of Muhai Tang. Her dynamic artistry has been showcased as concerto soloist with the Symphonic Orchestra of Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea, the Symphonic Orchestra of the Shanghai Conservatory, and in solo recitals at the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre of the Canadian Opera Company, The Royal Occasion in Koerner Hall, University of Toronto’s Piano Laureates Concert at Walter
Hall, four solo recitals in Hamamatsu (Japan), and at the Blanco Arts Concert Series as winner of the 11th Texas State International Piano Festival's 2022 Betty Dickinson Award.  Jingquan’s outstanding talent has earned her top prizes at The Asian Pacific International Chopin Piano Competition, the Concerto Competition and Chamber Music Competition of the Shanghai Conservatory, the VI Krystian Tkaczewski Competition (Poland), the Pacific Rim International Piano Competition (Canada), the Chicago International Music Competition, the Paul Badura-Skoda International Piano Competition(Vienna), and the
Ocean Music International Piano Competition in New York city. Throughout her music career, she has had the privilege to learn from many world- renown pianists including Fou Ts’ong, Dang Thai Son, Leon Fleisher, Stephen Hough, Robert McDonald, John O’Conor, Ronan O’Hora, Daniil Trifonov, Anton Nel, and Yekwon Sunwoo. Alongside solo performances and appearances in international competitions, Jingquan maintains an equally active chamber music and collaborative career. In 2025, she established Duo 330 with organist Ryan Baxter—a piano-organ duet that toured across Canada and gained remarkable success and popularity. In 2026, she was selected as a Art of Song fellow at Toronto Summer Music Festival. She has also worked extensively as a collaborative pianist and teaching assistant at The Glenn Gould School and The University of Western Ontario. Admitted to prestigious Elementary School of the Shanghai Conservatory for her early piano studies, Jingquan later advanced to the middle school and high school affiliated with the Conservatory. After moving to Canada in 2014, Jingquan earned her Bachelor of Music degree and Artist Diploma at the Glenn Gould School at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music where she studied with John Perry, David Louie, and James Anagnoson as a recipient of The Henry Hung Foundation Scholarship. She then earned her Master of Music degree from the University of Toronto as a full-scholarship student of Dr. Enrico Elisi. She recently graduated from the Western University with DMA degree in piano performance under the guidance of Dr. Kyung Kim. Beginning this fall, she will join the Collaborative Piano Fellowship at Bard Conservatory.

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Xiaoyi Lin '28

Xiaoyi Lin, a pianist from Hangzhou, China, is a 2026–27 Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. She recently earned her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Colette Valentine and served as a teaching assistant on full scholarship. Her recent festival engagements include the 2026 Music Academy of the West and the 2023 Castleman Quartet Program.

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Xinri Zhang '28

Xinri Zhang is a pianist and Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Bard College Conservatory of Music. She holds a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from Bard College Conservatory of Music. She previously studied at the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, following her early training at the Primary and Middle Schools affiliated with the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Xinri has received numerous awards in both national and international competitions, including First Prize at the Barletta International Young Musicians Competition in Italy, as well as top prizes at the Chopin Youth Piano Competition, the Coreno International Piano Competition, and the China Music Golden Bell Award (Zhejiang Selection). She has appeared in chamber music performances at major venues such as the Hangzhou Grand Theatre and the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music Concert
Hall. Her principal teachers include Professors Rieko Aizawa, Jin Zhang, Mai Su, and Bo Tong.

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Yumi Jang '27

Yumi Jang began her musical journey at the age of four and has since established an active
international career as a solo pianist, collaborative pianist, chamber musician, and educator.
She has performed in renowned venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall in New York,
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Royal Albert Hall in London, Mirabell Palace in
Salzburg, the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea, and numerous stages across Canada and
the United States. Renowned for her expressive and dynamic playing, she has received
critical acclaim and distinction through success in various international competitions.
She has been awarded top prizes in the New York International Music Competition, the
American International Music Competition in Cleveland, the Vienna Classical Piano
Competition, the Québec Music Competition in Canada, and the Hong Kong Asia Open
International Piano Competition. In addition to her performance career, Yumi is also a
dedicated pedagogue whose students have won competition prizes and gained admission to
leading universities, conservatories, and arts schools.
Yumi earned her Bachelor of Arts at Yonsei University in South Korea and completed her
Master of Music at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She began her
doctoral studies at the University of Minnesota before completing her Doctor of Musical Arts
in Piano Performance at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, where she also served
as a Graduate Teaching Assistant.
Her collaborative work has flourished internationally. In 2024, she was selected as a
Chamber Music Institute Fellow at the Toronto Summer Music Festival. She has also
participated in the Scotia Festival of Music and the Salzburg Summer Music Festival, further
expanding her chamber music collaborations. Yumi has served extensively as a
collaborative pianist at the University of Western Ontario, the University of Toronto, and the
Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory, as well as working as a rehearsal pianist
with the National Ballet of Canada. Beginning in the fall of 2025, she will join Bard College
Conservatory of Music as a Collaborative Piano Fellow, continuing her active career as both
performer and educator.