Co-hosted by Yale Club of Beijing and Yale Center Beijing

Event Time

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Registration
13:30-14:00

Performance
14:00-14:40

Sharing and Q&A
14:40-15:00

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

Please click “HERE” to register. Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems. If you encounter any payment issues, please attach a screenshot that identifies the issue. 

Ticket: RMB 80 for members of Yale community and Yale or non-Yale students (must submit valid .edu email address to qualify); RMB 120 for regular admission. (This price includes snacks)

*The registration fee for the event is non-refundable. Unless due to a force majeure reason, Yale Center Beijing will not refund any part of the registration fee if a participant fails to attend the event.

This event is not recommended for children under 1.2m in height.

Walk-ins will not be accepted.

The event will be in Chinese.

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

On August 15, young blind pianist Hao Liu will present a special piano recital at Yale Center Beijing. Born without sight, he has demonstrated extraordinary perseverance and musical talent. He has been featured on China Central Television and numerous regional television programs, and earned his bachelor’s degree from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in May 2026.

The concert will feature Western classics by composers such as Schumann and Tchaikovsky, as well as traditional Chinese pieces that reflect the beauty of Eastern musical aesthetics. Following the performance, Liu will engage with the audience and share his personal journey and insights from his forthcoming memoir Sunshine from the Fingertips.

The Performer

Hao Liu
Young Blind Pianist

Hao Liu is a young blind pianist born in rural China in 2001. Although he lost his vision shortly after birth, his discovered a passion for music at the age of three and soon demonstrated remarkable musical talent. Inspired by world-renowned Chinese classical pianist Lang Lang, Liu went on to study with leading pianists including Yuan Sheng, Professor of the Central Conservatory of Music, and received guidance from Jerome Lowenthal, a distinguished professor at The Juilliard School and a revered master of piano pedagogy.

In 2022, Liu was admitted to three leading American conservatories and chose to attend the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Alexander Shtarkman, Chair of the Piano Department. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 2026 and will continue his studies in the master's program at the New England Conservatory.

Liu has been featured on numerous national and regional television programs in China. In 2025, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Liu performed at Hukou Waterfall in Shanxi, and joined Lang Lang in a performance of the Yellow River Piano Concerto at the China Millennium Monument.

Programme

Robert Schumann
Träumerei (Dreaming), from Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dumka in C Minor, Op. 59

Franz Liszt
Liebesträume No. 3 (Dream of Love)

Franz Liszt
La Campanella (The Little Bell)

Traditional Chinese
Xiyang Xiaogu - Flute and Drum at Sunset

The Yellow River Piano Concerto
Second Movement: Ode to the Yellow River (Solo Version)