Piano Lessons in Hough

Guoanni Annie Qin is an accomplished pianist who is pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance with Kathryn Brown at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She has graduated with a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School in New York City where she received the Van Cliburn Alumni Prize, the John Post Scholarship, the Susan Rose Piano Scholarship, and the Arnold Levy Scholarship at the Juilliard School. Annie also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory. During her undergraduate years, she earned several notable achievements, including first prize in Oberlin’s Concerto Competition and the Rudolf Serkin Scholarship Competition. She also received the Carol Nott Piano Pedagogy Prize and third prize in the inaugural Peter Takacs Beethoven Piano Competition. Annie was a member of the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble and served as a resident performer at the Kendal Community at Oberlin.

Her orchestral engagements include performances of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with the Oberlin Orchestra under the baton of Raphael Jimenez and with the Xiamen Song & Dance Symphony Orchestra led by maestro Xiaotang Xia. Her recording of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Oberlin Orchestra has been selected for broadcast on WQXR’s Artists Showcase, New York’s premier classical radio program. Annie was selected to participate in the renowned Aspen Music Festival, PianoTexas Piano Festival, and Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival. She received the Fellowship Program from the Gijon International Music Festival and the Gilmore Festival.

Annie is honored to join the Westlake Music Academy in 2026. Before she moved to Cleveland, she served as a Piano Faculty member at West Amadeus Music Studio in New York City and joined Meet Music Studio as a piano faculty member. She has taught in the Juilliard Extension program and secondary piano classes as a Teaching Fellow at the Juilliard School, and has also given a master class for pre-college students. Previously, she gained varied teaching experiences at Oberlin Conservatory as a secondary piano teacher. She is actively engaged in chamber and collaborative works, serving as pianist in contemporary music ensembles. She has accompanied choirs, instrumentalists, and singers, and also plays the organ.