BIOGRAPHY

MENG JESSIE


2020 SIPC Young Artist Class second Prize Winner

Jessie took to the ivories at the tender age of four under the tutelage of Ms Winnie Tay at Song without Words Music Studio and has never looked back since.
Jessie has won a significant number of top prizes since her first competition when she was 5 years old.
Recently in 2019, Jessie won numerous top prizes which include the 1st prize at the International Piano Island Competition who is the only participant with 100/100 perfect score and 1st prizes at the La Pianista Piano competition.
In 2018, Jessie emerged as the grand prize winner of 4th Steinway Youth Piano Competition (SYPC) and represented Singapore to compete in the Steinway Regional Finals Asia Pacific in Taiwan where she got in 3rd place amongst all representatives.  Jessie has also clinched the top award and Best Etude Award in UCSI International Piano Festival and Competition 2018 Intermediate category in which she was awarded a full scholarship 2-week study in Wells Cathedral School UK.
Next, she won the Platinum award with Scholarship at the SMTA Piano festival and she got a chance to perform a concerto with the Singapore Orchestra. Jessie also won the 1st prize in Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition where she got to perform in the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York.
In 2017, Jessie was awarded the 1st Prize in the National Piano and Violin Competition. She also won the 1st prize in both the age group category and specific sonata category in the Singapore International Classical Piano Competition 2017 and was awarded the Overall Winner of the competition with a scholarship.
In addition, Jessie then received the 1st prize together with the Best Russian Interpretation Award at the Brilliant Talent Discovery in 2017.
In 2015, Jessie won the 1st prize (100/100 Absolute Prize) and the Best Mozart Performance Special Prize at the Grand Virtuoso International Music Competition in Paris and made her debut performance at the Paris Opera Bastille. In 2014, she was awarded the Young Prodigies Award by Young Talents Project 2014 organised by 92.4FM.

Jessie is also involved in international festivals such as the prestigious Adam Gyorgy Island Academy in Bali 2013, the Adam Gyorgy Castle Academy 2015 in Hungary and Music Festival Perugia 2016.
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MENG JESSIE
Singapore  |  Age 12
The 3rd Singapore  International Piano Competition (Finals)
SOTA, Concert Hall
Program:
Franz Liszt                                           Grandes études de Paganini
                                                            No. 3 “La Campanella” S. 161
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy                Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
Ginastera                                              Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2
                                                                 I. Danza del viejo boyero
                                                                 II. Danza de la moza donosa
                                                                 III. Danza del gaucho metrero

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