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Originally from Changsha, China, Dongni Xie is a distinguished pianist and prize-winner of numerous international piano competitions, including seven first prizes. Critics have praised her “bold and riveting” (PENINSULA) and “bravura performance…mature and relaxed, perfectly in line with its composer’s presumed intention” (HERALD TRIBUNE). She’s held performances at Carnegie Hall, Château de Fontainebleau (France), Dream Forest Arts Center (South Korea), Gijon City Hall (Spain), and the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, as well as a plethora of other venues throughout Europe, Asia and the United States—being the featured soloist with orchestras such as the Boulder Symphony Orchestra, the Debut Symphony and the Meadows Symphony Orchestra. Her recent performance with Mansfield Philharmonic was covered by NBC5.

She has appeared as a featured artist at numerous international music festivals, including the Imago Sloveniae (Slovenia), Festival ARTIS (Slovakia), Shanghai Conservatory Music Season (China), the Summer Music Festival (UK) and the Sarasota Music Festival. An avid chamber musician, Xie collaborates frequently with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and The Dallas Opera at their chamber concerts. A gold medalist at the International Keyboard Odyssiad Competition & Festival (IKOF), she has also served as a guest artist and jury member at the festival, alongside notable figures such as Sergei Babayan, Yaron Kohlberg, Ching-Yun Hu and Cliburn laureates.

Being an advocate of new music, Xie premiered many solo and chamber works in the genre and serves as Artistic Director of the “In Bloom” musiCON Concert Series, which involves three nights of concerts in New York City, promoting and performing selected works by living composers from all over the world. She also co-founded the concert series Live! Again featuring new music by contemporary composers designed to connect the visual arts with music. Xie has created a unique flair through which the community can experience new music, classical charm and modern arts. Xie is a leader in the interplay between classical and modern music, having founded In6ix, a sextet combining both jazz and classical styles. She toured with the group throughout China in 2019, giving concerts and masterclasses. Xie is a supporter of music education programs and charitable causes. She has performed benefit concerts to support orphans and refugees who have been displaced by the current Ukranian War and local charities. She has also volunteered with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program and has partnered with the

Cliburn Foundation’s signature education program Cliburn in the Classroom.

Xie obtained her Doctorate in Piano Performance from the University of North Texas where she held a teaching position. She has also earned degrees and diplomas from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, University of Southern California, ҹɫ����, and Shanghai Conservatory of Music—having studied with Pamela Mia Paul, Yong Hi Moon, Norman Krieger, Joaquín Achúcarro and Chen Jiang respectively. Xie is frequently invited to give lectures and serve on competition juries throughout the United States and Asia. Xie is one of the Legacy Pianists of the renowned Joaquín Achúcarro Foundation. In August 2025, she joined the ҹɫ����Meadows School of the Arts as Collaborative Piano Coordinator.