Hao chen zhang piano

Since his gold medal win at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in , year-old Chinese pianist Haochen Zhang has captivated audiences in the United States, Europe, and Asia with a unique combination of deep musical sensitivity, fearless imagination and spectacular virtuosity.

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A popular guest soloist for many tour orchestras in his native China, Haochen made his debut in Munich with the Munich Philharmonic and the late maestro Lorin Maazel in April , preceding their sold-out tour. Gergiev immediately invited him to his Easter Festival in Moscow, Russia. Haochen is also an avid chamber musician, collaborating with colleagues such as the Shanghai String Quartet, Benjamin Beilman and is frequently invited by chamber music festivals in the US.

His complete competition performances are available on www. He was previously trained at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Shenzhen Arts School, where he was admitted in at the age of 11 to study with Professor Dan Zhaoyi. For more information, please visit: www. It is not Chopin at his best, as even Orrin Howard had to admit in his program note.

The orchestral part is without interest. Chopin performed it only once. But the piano writing has elegance, and Haochen Zhang, the gold medal winner of the Van Cliburn competition, played it with panache. He is a chic young pianist who displays brilliance without undo flashiness and will be worth watching.