About Piano Cleveland

Huiping Cai

February 02nd 2024

Charismatic and popular with audiences in recital and concerto settings, Huiping Cai is an engaging pianist renowned for her lyricism, musicality, and formidable technique. After winning First Prize, Best Concerto Award, and Best Recital Award at the Philadelphia International Piano Competition (2017), she also won first prizes at the Miami Music Festival Piano Concerto Competition (2018), the Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, CT (2019), the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition (2022), and the New York Franz Liszt International Piano Competition (2023).

Huiping made her Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall and Stern Auditorium Perelman Stage with Orchestra of St. Luke’s in 2023. As a soloist, she has performed across the United States and worldwide including Mexico, Russia, Kazakhstan, and her home country, China. She has performed piano concertos with Evergreen Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong VTC Symphony Orchestra, Jalisco Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazakhstan National Symphony Orchestra, Miami Music Festival Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, and Temple University Symphony Orchestra.

Huiping received her MM in Piano Performance from New England Conservatory where she studied with Dang Thai Son and held a Teaching Assistantship. She is currently pursuing her DMA in Piano Performance & Literature under the tutelage of Alan Chow at the Eastman School of Music, alongside a MM in Piano Accompanying & Chamber Music.


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