Herong Bai

2025 Participant Oberlin Conservatory of Music Oberlin Piano Festival and Piano Competition (USA) 2025 Third Helan Mountain International Piano Festival Youth Piano Competition (Ningxia Division Open Category) - First Prize, advanced to National Finals 2025 Placed on waitlist for 2025 Bowdoin International Music Festival 2025 Passed preliminary screening and advanced to interview for Tianjin Juilliard Pre-College Program 2025 Served as piano accompanist for Tanglai Middle School High School Choir

2024 6th Japan Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition - First Prize, advanced to Global Finals 2024 International Piano Professional Association (IPPA) Correno International Piano Competition (Professional Youth Group B, China Division) - First Prize, advanced to Global Finals 2024 SIPC Singapore International Piano Competition (Rachmaninoff Category, China Division Finals) - First Prize, advanced to Global Finals 2024 SIPC Singapore International Piano Competition (Haydn Category, China Division Finals) - First Prize, advanced to Global Finals 2024 SIPC Singapore International Piano Competition (Liszt Category, China Division Finals) - First Prize, advanced to Global Finals 2024 Hudson International Music Competition (USA, Piano Group B) - Silver Award (Gold Award vacant) 2024 Germany Hannover Guzeigen International Piano Elite Invitational (Professional Junior Group A, Tianjin Division) - Second Prize, advanced to National Finals 2024 "My Motherland" China Little Golden Bell Music Award - Yangtze River Piano Fourth National Piano Exhibition (Ningxia Selection, Professional Group) - "Rising Star" Award 2024 Starlight Award (Junior Group C, Ningxia Division) - First Prize 2024 Sixth "Huayi Cup" Youth Piano Art Week (Junior Group A) - Gold Award

2023 13th Macau Piano Invitational Competition (Professional Group, Ningxia Division) - Gold Award 2023 Second Schubert International Music Exhibition Piano Competition (College Group, Ningxia Division) - Second Prize 2023 Chopin International Music Festival & 31st Chopin International Youth Piano Competition (Performer Group A, Ningxia Division) - First Prize 2023 Chopin International Music Festival & 31st Chopin International Youth Piano Competition (Bach Advanced Group, Ningxia Division) - Second Prize 2023 Tenth Ivy League International Music Competition (China Division Finals) - First Prize 2023 International Piano Professional Association (IPPA) Correno International Piano Competition (Professional Youth Group B, China Division) - Second Prize, advanced to Global Finals 2023 Santa Cecilia International Piano Competition (Thematic Group/Other Works Group A, China Division Finals) - Preliminary First Prize / Finals Third Prize 2023 SIPC Singapore International Piano Competition (Chopin Works Category, China Division Finals) - Second Prize 2023 Philharmonic Chinese International Music Festival (Junior Group B, Ningxia Division) - First Prize 2023 Golden Frog International Art Festival (Junior Group A, National Finals) - First Prize 2023 Yinchuan Primary and Secondary School Campus Host Competition (organized by Yinchuan Education Science Research Institute) - Second Prize 2023 Participated in Classical Madness International Piano Festival, studied Liszt and Chopin performance techniques with masters Leslie Howard and Sinae Lee 2023 Participated in charity performance at Yinchuan Jinfeng District Nursing Home 2022-2023 Hosted two consecutive Tanglai Middle School Campus Teacher-Student Talent Shows, served as piano accompanist for choir performances

2022 Brahms International Music Competition (Chopin Works Category, China Division Finals) - Gold Award, advanced to Asia Finals 2022 Yinchuan Fifth Primary and Secondary School Art Exhibition Activity (Chorus "Orchid Grass" and "Drumming" as piano accompanist) - Second Prize 2021-2023 Served as piano accompanist for Yinchuan Tanglai Hui Middle School West Campus Choir, represented school in various Yinchuan primary and secondary school exhibitions and competitions

2021 Third "Yanzi Cup" Seiler-Samyick Youth Piano Competition (Age Group) - First Prize 2021 14th Shanghai International Youth Piano Competition (Brahms Group, Haydn Group, Bartók Group, Ningxia Division) - First Prize 2021 30th American Music Open Competition (Thematic Group/Age Group, Ningxia Division) - First Prize 2021 Passed ABRSM Piano Pure Performance Diploma (ARSM) exam with score of 44/50 2021 Passed ABRSM Piano Grade 8 exam with score of 142/150 2021 Performed piano solo at Yinchuan Experimental Primary School 2021 Graduation Ceremony 2020 Invited to participate in FM104.7 Ningxia Music Radio Fifth Anniversary "Tribute to Classics" Concert 2019 Richard Clayderman Global Memorial Tour (Yinchuan Stop) - "Performed on stage with Richard" 2016-2019 Served as conductor for Yinchuan Experimental Primary School Choir, represented school in various Yinchuan primary and secondary school exhibitions and competitions 2018 11th Shanghai International Youth Piano Competition (Bach Works Group, Ningxia Division) - First Prize 2017 Passed China Conservatory of Music Music Theory Grade 3 exam 2017 Passed China Conservatory of Music Piano Grade 10 exam 2016 28th American Music Open Competition (Children's Group, National Finals) - First Prize 2016 Passed ABRSM Music Theory Grade 5 exam 2014 7th Shanghai International Youth Piano Competition (Preschool Group, National Finals) - Silver Award