Jack Gao
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Jack Gao 高阳 | |
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| Born | December 18, 2003 Beijing, China |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Pianist |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 2010s–present |
Jack (Yang) Gao (Chinese: 高阳; born 18 December 2003) is a Chinese classical pianist based in New York City. Gao first came to international attention after winning First Prize at the 2023 Walter W. Naumburg Foundation International Piano Competition and has since toured the globe as an artist, was a laureate of the Martha Argerich Steinway Prize in Hamburg, and won other major competitions worldwide.[1][2]
Gao was born in Beijing and started piano at the age of four. He attended the Middle School attached to the China Conservatory of Music, studying with Tianhong Tan and composer Xin Xie, and later worked with Huiqiao Bao, Xu Fei and Elmar Gasanov. Since 2022 he has studied at the Juilliard School in New York with Jerome Lowenthal and Emanuel Ax, where he also won the school's concerto competition.[2]
