Kaiwei Zhi is a pianist based in New York City. Over the course of his career, he has performed concerti, recitals, and chamber music all over the world.

Kaiwei spent 9 years studying with Russian pianist Juliana Yablonska in R.Glier Kyiv Music Institute, where famous pianist Vladimir Horowitz also studied. Kaiwei then attended the Manhattan School of Music for his Certificate of Professional Studies. Kaiwei received his Graduate Performance Diploma at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA with American pianist Spencer Myer.

Kaiwei had his concerto debut at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Kyiv playing Liszt’s La Campanella. He then performed Liszt’s first piano concerto with the National Radio and Television Orchestra of Ukraine. From 2008 to 2012 Kaiwei performed recitals in China, introducing Chinese audiences to Russian music. After 2012 Kaiwei quit performing, spent a couple months in Paris meeting a new group of musicians, and rediscovered his faith and desire for music. In 2014, Kaiwei returned to piano and performed the piano concerto “Yellow River” with ChongQing Philharmonic under the baton of ShangHai Philharmonic’s conductor Xieyang Chen in the Grand Theater of ChongQing. Most recently, Kaiwei was the opening performer at a contemporary music recital in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, also the closing performer at a contemporary music recital in Markin Hall New York.