Piano with Vincent I.

Born and raised in New York City, pianist and figure skater Vincent Ip has completed a 35-city tour through Europe with Holiday On Ice. In the show “Time” (2016-2017), he showcased his passion and expertise on both the piano and the ice, performing at world-famous venues such as Le Lido in Paris, Lanxess Arena in Köln, and Festhalle in Frankfurt. After returning from the figure skating tour, Vincent resumed his studies at Rice University and was invited to perform Prokofiev’s third concerto with the MFSO at the Chautauqua Institution as the first prize winner of the Sigma Alpha Iota Concerto Competition. Later that year, he claimed the bronze medal at the 2017 Seattle International Piano Competition. Vincent was awarded second prize in the 2018 Shepherd School Concerto Competition and later that year, he was invited to perform the Saint Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Galveston Symphony. In 2019, he was awarded the silver medal at the Young Texas Artists Music Competition. During that summer, he returned to the Amphitheatre at the Chautauqua Institution to perform Shostakovich's second piano concerto with the MFSO in collaboration with the dance program. Vincent was a finalist of the 2020 Singapore International Piano Competition and 1st prize winner at the 2020 Thaviu-Issak Piano Competition. Most recently, Vincent was awarded a Medal of Honor at the 66th Maria Canals International Piano Music Competition and a first prize winner of the 2021 Bienen School of Music Concerto Competition. He will be featured as a soloist with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra in March of 2022.Vincent completed his undergraduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music studying under Andre-Michel Schub, his masters' degree at Rice University with Jon Kimura Parker, and is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at Northwestern University with James Giles. Outside of his passion for music, Vincent is a figure skating coach and is a former Hong Kong Figure Skating Champion.