Annie Qin, Piano

Guoanni Annie Qin is pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance with Kathryn Brown at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She earned her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School in New York City where she received the Van Cliburn Alumni Prize, the John Post Scholarship, the Susan Rose Piano Scholarship, and the Arnold Levy Scholarship. Annie also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory. During her undergraduate years, she earned several notable achievements, including first prize in Oberlin’s Concerto Competition and the Rudolf Serkin Scholarship Competition. She also received the Carol Nott Piano Pedagogy Prize and third prize in the inaugural Peter Takacs Beethoven Piano Competition. 

Annie served as a Piano Faculty member at West Amadeus Music Studio in New York City and at Meet Music Studio. She has taught in the Juilliard Extension program and secondary piano classes as a Teaching Fellow at the Juilliard School, and has also given a master class for pre-college students. Previously, she gained varied teaching experiences at Oberlin Conservatory as a secondary piano teacher.  

Her orchestral engagements include performances of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with the Oberlin Orchestra and with the Xiamen Song & Dance Symphony Orchestra. Her recording of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Oberlin Orchestra has been selected for broadcast on WQXR’s Artists Showcase, New York’s premier classical radio program. Annie was selected to participate in the renowned Aspen Music Festival, PianoTexas Piano Festival, and Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival.