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Described by David Dubal as “part of the next great Golden Age of the piano,” Harmony Zhu performs regularly at prestigious festivals and venues worldwide, having appeared with orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín with such conductors as Leonard Slatkin, Marin Alsop, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and David Alan Miller.
Harmony has performed at many festivals worldwide including the Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival, Oxford Piano Festival, and Aspen Music Festival. She has been featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, CBC, CBS, and From the Top, captivating and inspiring people everywhere she goes with her extraordinary musical maturity, charming charisma, and upbeat personality.
Harmony won First Prize in the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, as well as The Alexander Kasza-Kasser Prize, The Brownville Concert Series Prize, Friends of Music Concerts Prize, The Harriman-Jewell Series Prize, and The Hayden's Ferry Chamber Music Series Prize.
In addition to her piano studies with Emanuel Ax and Veda Kaplinsky, Harmony also studies composition with Ira Taxin at Juilliard.
Growing up as a chess prodigy, she was awarded the title of Woman Candidate Master and holds the title of World Champion of her age group after winning the World Youth Chess Championships. In her free time, Harmony enjoys reading, drawing, photography, and birdwatching.
Harmony Zhu’s residency activity is made possible through the Annaliese Soros Educational Residency Fund of Young Concert Artists.
PROGRAM:
Debussy: Images, Book I, L. 110
Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4
Chopin: Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 49
Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1
Kapustin: Variations, Op. 41
program subject to change
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Harmony Zhu, piano
Jordan Bak, viola
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