As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed in many of Europe's and Asia's leading concert halls, including the Berliner Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tonhalle Zürich, the Romanian Athenaeum, the National Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing), Shanghai Symphony Hall to name a few. She is currently studying at the Basel Academy of Music with Professor Danjulo Ishizaka.

Born in 2002, Jiayi began playing the cello at the age of ten. Her earlier competition successes include Third Prize at the Buchet International Competition and First Prize at the Janigro Cello Competition Junior, where she also received the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Award. In recent seasons, Jiayi has appeared as a soloist with the Basel Sinfonieorchester, the Orchestre Philharmonique du Maroc, and the Bodensee Philharmonie, further establishing herself as an emerging young cellist. She is a dedicated chamber musician as a member of the Wendel Quartet. Following the quartet's success at the Orpheus Competition in 2024, they have performed at the Swiss Chamber Music Festival, Musikdorf Ernen, Musica con Vista, and Engelberg.

Jiayi has performed in numerous international festivals, including the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Kronberg Festival, Budapest Festival Academy, and the George Enescu Festival. She has collaborated with distinguished musicians including Vlad Stanculeasa, Ettore Causa, Barbara Doll, Philippe Bach, and many others.

She is a recipient of the Rahn Kulturfonds Scholarship (2024) and was a member of both the LGT Young Soloists Programme and the Morningside Music Bridge, which have provided her performance opportunities throughout Europe and China. In 2026, she was selected to join the Fondation Gautier Capuçon. Jiayi performs on a Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi cello, generously loaned through a private patron.