All 24 selected Young Artists will compete in the festival's concerto competition, and six winners will be selected to perform a full concerto with the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lai Jiajing.

All 48 Junior participants will have one concerto rehearsal with the school's affiliated QingXin Ensemble, conducted by Lai, playing one movement of a concerto.

"The festival will be a great music celebration this summer and people will gather together at our beautiful campus for the performing arts in Binhai, Tianjin," says He Wei, CEO and artistic director of the Tianjin Juilliard School. The school is the first overseas campus of the New York-headquartered Juilliard School, which, opened in 2019, is the first such institution in China that confers a US-accredited music degree.

"We have assembled the highest level of pedagogues and performers from around the world to provide festival participants with an exciting and inspiring educational experience this summer," says Yoheved Kaplinsky, the Juilliard faculty member and chair of the piano department in New York.

"The variety of musical activities and the unique opportunities will make this an enriching and unforgettable festival for all."

Kaplinsky serves as the co-artistic director of the festival along with Wang Xiaohan, who is the Tianjin Juilliard faculty member and chair of pre-college piano studies in Tianjin.