At the Thanksgiving weekend, Zhu joins Chilean Maestro Paolo Bortolameolli for three successful performances of Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467.

“Wang’s playing demonstrated perfection: beauty of tone, absolute evenness of touch, scrupulous accuracy of note values and tempo. But describing his playing in this way suggests a sort of frosty perfectionism which could not be further from what we witnessed. The miracle of performing Mozart as well as Zhu Wang does is that it produces the effect of complete spontaneity.

Responding to the cheers of the audience and applause from the musicians, Wang returned to the stage to perform as an encore the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major Op. 31 No. 1. It allowed us to see that he is as capable of mastering Beethoven’s boisterous wit, sudden dynamic changes and flamboyant virtuosity as he is Mozart’s subtler qualities.

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Just finished a six-city recital tour with my good friend Randall Goosby!

Program includes Boulanger’s “Deux Morceaux”, Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2, Still Suite for Violin and Piano and Beethoven Violin Sonata Op. 47 “The Bridgetower”

“Goosby and Wang played this difficult work with minimal apparent effort but maximum musicality. Their partnership is a magical symbiosis, and I hope they record and tour for many more years.” (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Zhu joins other young artists from Caramoor’s Evnin Rising Stars program perform in a pair of concerts for which the program’s guest Artistic Director, cellist Marcy Rosen, is joined by distinguished artists Joseph Lin, violin, and Steven Tenenbom, viola.

It was thrilling and nerve racking for me to jump in for Schumann Piano Concerto with Denver Young Artists Orchestra and maestro Wes Kenney ten days before the concert. It turned out to be a wonderful experience. I am very grateful for the opportunity given by Curtis Institute of Music and Young Concert Artists.

I had an immersive experience performing Florence Price’s Piano Concerto in One Movement with Mississippi Symphony and Crafton Beck. Below is part of the interview:

Young pianist Wang is excited to solo on the Gershwin and Price works. “Music is a universal language that you speak. Of course, there will be some different dialogues and there will be different dialects, but I think after all, music should be inclusive. Music should be generous and should be open and welcoming,” Wang says. The American composers had a larger vision, to wrap more colors into the music and create a new, distinctive voice. “In my opinion, [Gershwin’s] music is just so natural and organic — almost like an American Schubert or Mozart. There’s so much delicacy and there’s so much ingenious harmonic changes and the rhythmic play — it’s just a masterpiece.”

I was honored to join Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to perform with Anne-Marie McDermott, Wu Han and Orion String Quartet. The program pays tribute to great composers who bridged the divide between classical and jazz, including Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Milhaud.

Thanks to Anthony Tommasini and New York Times for a wonderful review of my debut recital at Zankel Hall. Program includes world premier of Nina Shekhar’s Vocalise (2021).