Classical Sundays: Pianist Zhu Wang

Talented pianist Zhu Wang will perform. All welcome!

Praised as “especially impressive” and “a thoughtful, sensitive performer” who “balanced lyrical warmth and crisp clarity” (The New York Times), pianist Zhu Wang was awarded First Prize in the 2020 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. In 2019, Zhu was finalist in the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, and he has been a featured soloist on WQXR’s Young Artist Showcase and WFMT’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. His Carnegie Hall debut made The New York Times’ “Best of Classical Music 2021” list.

A native of Hunan, China, Zhu started learning piano at the age of five. He is a graduate of the Music Middle School Affiliated to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.  He received a Bachelor of Music degree from The Juilliard School and a post-baccalaureate diploma at Curtis Institute of Music. He is the recipient of the Gina Bachauer and Mieczyslaw Munz Scholarship at Juilliard, and the recipient of the Mehlin Prize at Curtis. Zhu is currently pursuing his Master of Music degree, under the tutelage of Robert McDonald and Emanuel Ax. He gratefully acknowledges the support of the Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts.