Chenxi Cao

Age – 13

Country – China

Cao Chenxi was born in Shanghai in 2012 and began his piano education under the guidance of Li Didi in 2017. In 2018, he began studying under Professor Luo Xiao of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Affiliated High School and has been doing so ever since. In 2022, he was admitted to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music High School as the top scorer in the piano major. Since entering the school, he has received the Special Award of the Niu Endi Scholarship and the People’s Scholarship on multiple occasions.

In 2022, he won Second Prize in the Piano A group at the 4th Zhuhai Mozart International Youth Music Week. As the youngest winner in the history of the event, he was invited to perform Mozart’s Double Piano Concerto with Russian prodigy Elisey Mysin and the Salzburg Symphony Orchestra at the opening concert of the 5th Zhuhai Mozart International Youth Music Week in 2023.

In May 2024, he recorded the seventh part of the vinyl record Ode to the Red Flag by Lu Qiming with pianist Chen Sa; the record was officially released in October. He also won Second Prize in the Professional Children’s Group and First Prize in the Modern Works group at the International Youth Piano Performance and China-Switzerland Modern Piano Works performance at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music High School in 2024. In January 2024, he held his first solo concert at the Bosi Changjiang River Music Hall.