Alexis Dyche, piano

🇺🇸 USA

Alexis Dyche is an 11-year-old who began playing the piano when she was 6. Training under the tutelage of Dr. Ji-Young Kim, Alexis first performed in public at the 2020 Tucson Music Teachers Association Ensemble event. In February 2021, Alexis was selected as one of the First-Place winners at the Charleston International 2021 Classical Music Competition and she later won First Place in the 2021 Reno-Tahoe Piano Competition. Additionally, in both 2021 and 2022, Alexis garnered First Place honors in the Arizona State Music Teachers Association annual state-wide piano competition. In 2022, she earned Second Place in the Bay Area Piano Competition and in 2023 won First Place honors in that competition. 

Also in 2023, Alexis was selected as a Laureate and performed at Carnegie Hall in the prestigious June 2023 gala in New York City. Later in June, she also performed at the International Prominent Pianists Festival in Buffalo, NY. Then in August 2023, she was selected as one of the First-Place winners at the Charleston International 2023 World Music Competition. Home-schooled for the past four years, Alexis is also a black belt in Dang Soo Do, a Korean martial arts sport and has won numerous gold medals at state and national competitions including all three first place medals at the 2023 National Championships. She also enjoys playing with and training her two 2-year-old standard poodles.