Daniel Che is a junior at Plano West Senior High School in Plano, Texas. He’s been studying piano with Yifan Liu since age 7.  At the local level, Daniel has consistently won piano competitions hosted by the Dallas Music Teachers Association, including First Prize at the 2012, 2014, and 2016 Dallas Symphonic Festivals, as well as awards at the Dallas Solo Competition and the Collin County Young Artist Competition. Additionally, Daniel’s performances in state competitions have earned him first and second prizes in the Texas MTNA Performance Competition for three consecutive years, second place at the 2014 Waco Piano Competition, Grand Prize at the McKinney Young Artist Competition, and Second Prize at the 2017 Juanita Miller Concerto Competition.

In national and international competitions, Daniel won Third Prize at the MTNA National Competition in 2013-14.  He was a semi-finalist in the 2016 Cooper International Piano Competition and the 2017 Ann and Charles Eisemann Int’l Young Artists Competition. In addition to competitions, Daniel has participated in multiple piano festivals, including the Southeastern Piano Festival, and festivals hosted at Lee University and the University of Houston, where he has performed in master classes for Angela Cheng, Abbey Simon, Nancy Weems, Ning An and others.

In his devotion to serving his community, Daniel performs in retirement homes and churches in the DFW area through his recently co-founded organization, North Dallas Young Artists, and has taken an interest in chamber music. In addition to the piano, Daniel is an avid member of the Plano West Chamber Orchestra as a violinist.

Repertoire

Round I

Liszt                                                    Étude d’exécution transcendante No. 10 in F minor, S. 139

Beethoven                                          Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 – Appassionata – Movement 1

Chopin                                                Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 – Heroic

Round II

Bach                                                    Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, WTC 1, BWV 846

Mozart                                                 Sonata No. 18 in D major, K.576

Prokofiev                                             Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 – Movement 4

Round III

Mozart                                                  Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488