International First Round
April 3rd, 2024
Open Jar Studios, New York
RYAN ZHU, Canada | 20
00:00 Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata in F-sharp minor, BWV 910
10:55 Franz Liszt, Sonetto del Petrarca 123, S. 161, No. 6
18:40 György Ligeti, Étude “Der Zauberlehrling”
21:07 Sergei Prokofiev, Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28
Twenty-year-old Canadian pianist Ryan Zhu has been studying the piano for sixteen years, appearing across many concert stages presenting a broad range of repertoire from a variety of musical spectrums. Winner of the 2023 Juilliard School Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Ryan was featured in the gala concert in September of that year with the performance being broadcast on the classical music station WQXR; furthermore, his winning in the competition also ensured a full tuition scholarship at the Juilliard School for the 2023-24 school year. In February of 2023, Ryan was named the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra’s Emerging Young Artist, performing with Charles Richard Hamelin and the Philharmonic. 2021 saw Ryan listed in CBC Classical’s “30 Under 30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians” and in 2022 he garnered second place at the Juilliard School Mieczyslaw Munz Piano Competition. He will also be competing in the 2023 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions as one of the semifinalists. Ryan has attended various festivals, most notably the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival Spring Workshop in 2023; the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in 2022; the 2021 Morningside Music Bridge Young Artists Festival taking second place in the concerto competition; and the 13th Mariinsky International Piano Festival in 2018, where he was featured in a solo recital as well as a soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra. Furthermore, Ryan has won numerous prizes at the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Piano Competition, Philadelphia International Piano Competition, Canadian Music Competitions, and Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. Over the years, he has appeared as a soloist in cities including St. Petersburg, Nice, Lucerne, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles. In addition to collaborating with the Calgary Philharmonic and Mariinsky Theatre orchestras, Ryan has performed with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Orchestra, Lions Gate Sinfonia, and West Coast Symphony. Ryan is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree under the tutelage of Robert McDonald and Stephen Hough at the Juilliard School. He has previously studied with Mira Yevtich, Michelle Mares, Kenneth Broadway, and Ralph Markham.
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