Siyuan Xu

Siyuan Xu is a London-based pianist specialising in chamber music and song accompaniment. Her playing is characterised by enthusiasm and confidence, with delicate layers of sound and warmth of colour. She explores a wide range of repertoire, from the classical period to contemporary music. Siyuan graduated with a Master of Arts in Ensemble Piano in 2024, followed by a Professional Diploma in 2025 at the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied with James Baillieu, Joseph Middleton, and Anna Tilbrook.

A prize-winning song accompanist, Siyuan was awarded the Major Van Someren Godfery Prize for Accompanist at an Academy Vocal Recital in 2023. In 2024, she reached the finals of the Ashburnham English Song Awards with soprano Harriet Cameron, and returned in 2025 as a finalist with baritone Theodore Nisbett. Siyuan is a Leeds Song Young Artist in 2025.

As an active chamber musician, Siyuan performs regularly with her duo partners, at venues across UK and Europe such as Southwark Cathedral, British Library, St Brady Arts Centre, Regent’s Hall, Marylebone Parish Church, Charlton House, St Stephen Walbrook, Holy Sepulchre Church in London, the Elgar Concert Hall in Birmingham, and Château Voltaire and Fort L’Écluse in France.

Her most recent appearance as a repetiteur was with Carshalton Opera for Cosi fan tutte in October 2025.