YOUNG MUSICIANS ON STAGE

Alex Bai (Piano)

Saturday 4 April 2026 at 5pm

Alex Xuyao Bai, 15, is a Year 11 student at Dilworth School, Auckland, and studies piano with Stephen de Pledge. He earned a Trinity LTCL Diploma with Distinction at age 11, became the youngest-ever winner of the Lewis Eady National Piano Competition in 2024, and won Second Prize at the International Piano Competition Kronberg in 2025.

Alex has performed in New Zealand and Germany, collaborated with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra through their Emerging Artists Programmes. A keen chamber musician and community performer, he also plays clarinet and violin and is active in his school ensembles.

PROGRAMME
JS Bach Prelude and Fugue No.14 in F# minor
Mozart Sonata No.18 (first movement), K.576
Chopin Nocturne in Db Major, Op.27 No.2
Chopin Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1, S.514
Liszt Transcendental Etude No.4 'Mazeppa', S.139  
Scriabin Sonata No.4, Op.30

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