Set to have her first debut solo harpsichord recital this year in April, Mujie Yan (延慕洁) is honoured to be part of Institut Français Edinburgh's Baroque Music Festival at St. Cecilia’s Hall in Edinburgh, UK.

Since the age of seven, Mujie's musical journey travelled from the historical city of Xi’an in northwestern China to Budapest in Central Europe, now finishing her last year of master's degree in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, under the tutelage of Aaron Shorr and Sinae Lee for piano. She specialises in the keyboard music of pillaring Czech composers Leoš Janáček and Bohuslav Martinů, while taking special interest in harpsichord music both during the Early periods and in a contemporary context.

Mujie began her harpsichord studies with lecturer Ágnes Rátko from the Liszt Academy in Budapest in 2018 and continued this study at RCS under lecturer and esteemed harpsichordist Jan Waterfield. Recently, she had her orchestral debut with a Baroque chamber orchestra under the baton of David Watkin, performing St. John Passion in 2023 at the Glasgow Cathedral. Mujie was also selected to attend the St. Andrews Summer Baroque Course in the summer of 2024, performing solo, chamber, and orchestral works such as Toccata Settima by M. Rossi, Three Parts Upon the Ground by Purcell and Concerto No. 4 by Richard Mudge. During this course, she also participated in masterclasses with renowned harpsichordist, organist, and conductor Laurence Cummings OBE. She is experienced in orchestral and chamber works as a continuo player, and in solo playing, accumulating a wide range of repertoire from Early Music and Baroque period to twentieth century works such as those by Bohuslav Martinů. In November 2024, she joined the RCS Chamber Orchestra performing J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068.

This April, her debut recital takes her audiences through major works by Handel, Rameau, Duphly and Froberger, while sprinkled with her own personal interest of Martinů’s pieces for harpsichord. This marks an important step in her career as a harpsichordist, which is featured in a preview article written by Carol Main OBE of Live Music Now Scotland, published in The List magazine’s April issue.