Yimiao Fang, an active classical pianist and piano educator who is giving performances and lectures constantly and diversely around the world, who is having a doctorate in piano performance (DMA) from the University of Hartford and a combined undergraduate and master degree in piano performance at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Yimiao recently received two awards and were invited to perform at the Carnegie Hall ( Weill Recital Hall) twice in 2024 spring and summer, which are First Place Winner (College Students and Professional Musicians Category) of the American Protégé International Piano & Strings Competition 2024; and FIRST PRIZE Winner (Professional Group) of the 2024 "Golden Classical Music Awards" International Competition. Yimiao has won the Steinway&sons Top Piano Teacher Award in New York, USA, and was the youngest judge of the Steinway&sons National Piano Competition in Nanjing, China for consecutive two years. Yimiao is also Official Steinway Educational Partner in the US. She has been piano teacher in New York Music and Arts in NYC, Steinway&sons Piano School in Nanjing, China, etc. Yimiao has founded her personal piano studio in China for years and also the CEO of Fang Yimiao Cultural Media (Nanjing) Company. She is also a member of China Association for Promoting Children’s Culture and Art – Youth Arts Education Committee and official registered teacher of ABRSM Piano Exam (Beijing). Her piano solo concert "Salute Classical Music with Youth" was exclusively reported by dozens of mainstream medias such as Xinhua News Agency, Sohu.com, Sina News, NetEase News, ifeng.com, China.com, etc.

The media music critics on her performances:

 "Yimiao Fang’s piano performance conveys such excellent vitality, this kind of youthful life comes from ancient eras, and it is full of the pulse of the modern times through her magic touches. The music atmosphere of the ancients is infiltrated into the sound of Yimiao’s Music. It is simple and vivid, tender, and passionate, with such outstanding penetration that touches your heart..."

 ——Xinhua News Agency

 "Yimiao's piano technique is so exquisite and gorgeous with profound emotion and thinking."

 ——xhby.net 

 "From her music, you can feel a fiery and sincere heart, playing joy, anger, sorrow, happiness and suffering of the real world."

 --NetEase News

 "Her music can not only be heard its excellent musical connotation, but also its shining spiritual core."

 ——China Entertainment Times

Yimiao is active on the international stage. She has been invited to participate in the Europe Music Festival in Germany (2018), the New York Summit Music Festival (2017), the Italy International Music Festival (2016), etc. with scholarships. She had performed and gave lectures in worldwide concert halls including Zhengzhou Grand Theater in Zhengzhou, China, Steinway Hall in Nanjing, China, Greenfield Concert Hall in New York, USA, Saale Concert Hall in Halle, Germany, etc.

She is currently studying with Professor José Ramos Santana who is the first prize winner of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, the piano department chair of University of Hartford — the Hartt School and piano professor of New York University. She also had studied with Dr. Marc Silverman, the previous chair of the Piano Department of Manhattan School of Music, the educator Prof. Phillip Kawin of Manhattan School of Music and the pianist and professor of Central Conservatory of Music, Prof. Yunjie Chen.

As an excellent student in school, she has been awarded many scholarships, for example MSM Scholarship from Manhattan School of Music; Hartt DMA Talent/Honors Award and the Graduate DEIJ (Diversity, Equity and Social Justice) Scholarship from University of Hartford, etc.

In 2021, Yimiao's piano master class and performance as one of Pearl River · Kayserburg International Youth Piano Competition Series Activity held at the Zhengzhou Grand Theater received enthusiastic responses and was widely acclaimed.

During more than a decade piano teaching career, the students she taught have won gold and silver awards in many international and Chinese piano competitions, such as Melbourne International Music Competition, GOCAA New York International Piano Competition, International F.Liszt Piano Competition, GOCAA San Francisco International Piano Competition, Steinway&sons National Youth Piano Competition, Mittag International Piano Competition, Olympic Piano Competition, China Art Festival, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music Youth Art Festival Piano Show, etc. Yimiao Fang also won the outstanding piano instructor awards of these competitions. Her students are also active on the world piano stage. They have been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall in NYC, Steinway Hall in NYC, America’s National Opera Center, Chengdu City Music Hall in China, Beijing Radio and Television Station, Melbourne Music Festival, Hungary, etc.

After several years’ online teaching, her online students around the world had achieved wonderful accomplishments. For example, Xiyu Yuan was accepted to Bachelor of Music degree as Piano Performance Major student in Nanjing University of Arts; they won the awards mentioned above and invited to perform around the world.