Outside of music, Ji’s hobbies include breakdancing. In 2005 and 2006, Ji took part in the Verbier Festival & Academy in Switzerland, where he received the Tabor Piano Award and CUBS Prize from UBS Bank. He returned to the Verbier Festival in 2017. From 2008 to 2012, he was the recipient of the Martin Musical Award from the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 2010, he was awarded the Audience Prize of the Friends of RAM Wigmore Award, and was selected by the International Holland Music Session in the Netherlands for their 'New Masters on Tour' Series. In 2011, he was an award recipient from the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe. Over the period 2011-2014, he was a recipient of several Hattori Foundation awards. He became the youngest ever first prize winner at Brant International Pianoforte Competition in Birmingham. He was selected as a Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) artist in 2013. He was awarded Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in 2019. • "American Icons" (2011) - Gershwin, "Rhapsody in Blue", with Royal Academy of Music Symphonic Brass and James Watson • "Piano Reflections" (2014) • "Piano Encores" (2015) • "Pure Chopin" (2016) • "Fire & Water" (2018)