Yiyi Chen was born in 1990 in Chongqing, China. She began her piano studies at the age of six. Upon graduating in 2012 with a bachelor of piano performance degree from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Yiyi Chen came to America to pursue a master’s degree at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying with Mr. Yoshikazu Nagai. Yiyi Chen was awarded in many competitions such as 1st frize in the Chinese Xinghai Cup National Piano Competition in 2004, the 5th prize in the Chinese Kawai Cup Piano Competition in 2007, and second prize in Concerto competition of San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2013, as well as 1st Prize in the Dorothy Van Waynen piano competition in Berkeley in 2013. She has been invited to perform as solo pianist in many important halls such Shanghai Concert Hall, He Lvting Concert Hall and Shanghai Art Theater.