Dr. Yizhou Luo-Distinguished Instuctor
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Piano teacher with considerable experience in teaching different ages and skill levels from beginner to advanced. Especially expert at teaching advanced younger students. Coach students towards taking examinations, including the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) and the Royal College of Music (RCM) (students pass with Merit and Distinction); and performing on stage. Guide students to attend many piano competitions.
EDUCATION
North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, Candidate of DMA in Piano Performance (2017-present), NDSU
The University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Master of Music in Piano Performance (2015-2017), UNI
Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and Piano Accompanying (2010-2014)
PERFORMANCE AND REPERTOIRE
Solo Performance
Graduate Degree Recital, Beckwith Recital Hall, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND February 27, 2021
Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 884 J.S. Bach
Piano Sonata in C Minor, K. 457 Wolfgang A. Mozart
Rhapsody in G Minor Op. 79 No. 2 Johannes Brahms
Piano Sonata in A Minor, Op. 28 Sergei Prokofiev
Graduate Degree Recital, Beckwith Recital Hall, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND May 3, 2019
Sonata in B Minor L. 449, K. 27
Sonata in F Minor L. 118, K. 466 Domenico Scarlatti
Piano Sonata in E flat Major, XVI. 52 Franz Joseph Haydn
32 Variations on a Theme in C Minor, WoO. 80 Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 Felix Mendelssohn
12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558 Franz Liszt
Graduate Degree Recital, Bengtson Auditorium, Russell Hall, the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA March 20, 2017
Partita in C minor, BWV 826 J.S. Bach
Ballade No.3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 F. Chopin
Transcendental Étude No. 10 in F minor, S.139 Franz Liszt
Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109 Ludwig Van Beethoven
Sean Botkin’s Studio Recital, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA December 11, 2015
Piano Sonata No.12 in A-flat major, Op.26 Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music Festivals
2021 The University of Northern Iowa Children’s Choir (UNICC) Concert, Great Hall, Cedar Falls, IA Dec 10, 2021
Yizhou Luo, Invited Pianist 2020 NDSU Chamber Music Festival, NDSU Beckwith Recital Hall, Fargo, ND Sep 1, 2020
Fantasiestücke for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73 / Robert Schumann
II. Zart und mit Ausdruck
III. Lebhaft, leicht
IV. Rasch und mit Feuer
Cassie Keogh, clarinet
Yizhou Luo, piano
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2019 NDSU Chamber Music Festival, NDSU Beckwith Recital Hall, Fargo, ND June 3, 2019
Piano Trio in B-flat Major, K.502, Wolfgang A. Mozart
Allegro
Larghetto
Allegretto
Yizhou Luo, piano
Caroline Wolff, violin
Scott Tisdel, cello
2018 NDSU Chamber Music Festival, NDSU Beckwith Recital Hall, Fargo, ND May 23, 2018
Piano Trio in E Major Hob. XV: 28, Joseph Haydn
Allegro moderato
Allegretto
Finale: Allegro
Yizhou Luo, piano
Jane Linde Capistran, violin
Elise Buffat-Nelson, cello
Accompaniment
Caleb Self, Undergraduate recital, the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA Oct, 2021
Non-musical majors’ vocal jury, the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA May, 2016
Cloud Shadows James H. Rogers
Amarilli Giulio Caccini
Caro mio ben Giuseppe Giordani
Love, I Have Won You Landon Ronald
Delizie contente Francesco Cavalli
Viola jury, the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA December, 2015
Fantasie fur Viola und Orchester J. N. Hummel
Composition Competition Concert, NieEr Hall, Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Sichuan, China March, 2013
Accompanied for vocal compositions of undergraduate students.
Graduation Auditions of Vocal Department, Xinghai Hall, Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Sichuan, China February, 2014
Dichterliebe, No.12 Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen, Op. 48 Robert Schumann
Ich wollt' ein Sträusslein binden, Lieder, Op.68 No.2 Richard Strauss
Will ich allein (La Bohème) G. Puccini
Apparition Claude Debussy