Xavier is a second grade student attending Saint Ignatius Parish School in Sacramento, California. He started playing piano when he was four years old and presently studying piano under the tutelage of Ms. Akiko Gaffney. Xavier has only started competing this year and his biggest accomplishments so far are winning a Trophy at the Classical Masters Music Festival and Go For The Gold CAPMT Piano Competition for the 7 to 9 Year Old Division held at California State University Sacramento. Xavier loves to listen to 12 Etudes by Chopin played by Maurizio Pollini. His favorite pianists and composers are Chopin, Mozart, Franz Liszt, Bach, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, and Pollini. When he is not playing piano, he enjoys to play chess, Pokemon Trading Card Game, and soccer with his friends.
You can find Rex Xavier’s 19th Century Music Competition 2024 piano performance here.