Zhiwei Ni started playing the clarinet at 9, under the famous clarinet educator, FanLei. In 2016, Zhiwei studied in Interlochen with Emil Khudyev. He also studied and graduated from Colburn Music Academy with Yehuda Gilad. In March 2020, he was admitted to the Eastman School of Music where he studied under professor Michael Wayne and received a full scholarship. From 2019 to 2020, he was selected for the China Youth Symphony Orchestra (NYO-China) twice and toured Europe. Zhiwei was nominated for the second prize in the third Central Conservatory of Music International Mozart Clarinet Competition in 2016 and first place in the China National Clarinet Competition in Qingdao. In 2020, Zhiwei won the second prize in the Vandoren Emerging Artist competition. In 2021, he won the First Prize in the China-Spain International Music Competition – Clarinet session First Prize and the Grand Cash Prize of the Rising Star Berlin International Music Competition. In 2022,he was selected as a candidate for the Carl Nielsen International Competition. He became the prize winner of the 2023 ICA Young Artist competition. Recently Zhiwei has been nominated the winner of the Nielsen Concerto competition in Eastman,which he performed with the Eastman Philharmonic in April.

Program

1st round

Patricia Gil Jiménez / Rhythms and tones for the Angels for clarinet and electronics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Concerto 1st movement

2nd round

Robert Schumann / Fantasiestücke Op.73
Charles – Marie Widor / Introduction et Rondo Op.72
Aaron Copland / Concerto

Semi Final

Johan Duijck / Ich Liebe Dich
Jörg Widmann / Fantasie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Quintet

Final

Erik Desimpelaere / The songs of Arion
Carl Maria von Weber / Concerto nr 2