Yixin Shen is from Shanghai, China and began her piano studies at age five. She began to perform in public soon after and is currently studying with Professor Kuanwen Wang at the Music Middle School affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music (Elementary Department).
She has won top prizes of several major competitions, including First Prize of 2022 Irvine Conservatory International Music Competition (Piano Category C), Silver Medalist of the 9th GOCAA San Francisco International Music Competition 2022 (Junior Division D), Gold Prize of 2021 St. Petersburg International Music Competition (Junior Class), and First Place of 2019 USMCE Piano Open Competition and Asia -Pacific Division (Junior Class). She was named the “Little Musician of Shanghai” by the Shanghai Children’s Foundation in 2017.