Violin master class by Qian Zhou

19 September 2016

Date and time:

 25 September 2016 (Sun) 1 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.

Place:

Main building, Room XXIII

 

Registration:

You can register for the master class until 23 September 2016 (Fri) at mate.eva.gyongy[at]zeneakademia.hu
 

Please include in your message:

  • ACTIVE participants (only enrolled students of the Liszt Academy): name, year of studies, piece to be performed
  • PASSIVE participants: name, year of studies, name of school/university attended

Ms. Qian Zhou performs at a chamber music concert with Professor Vilmos Szabadi and Ernő Fehér on 27 September 2016 at the Solti Hall of the Liszt Academy.
Concert programme

Organizer: Strings Department

Sponsor: National Cultural Fund of Hungary

 

For more than twenty years, Qian Zhou has been a frequent recitalist and soloist with orchestras in Europe, United States, Asia and Africa. Past engagements include concerts with the Baltimore Symphony and Chamber, Beijing Central Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, BBC Scottish, Bournemouth Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, National Orchestra of Ile de France, New Japan Philharmonic , Osaka Symphony, Rome Symphony, Russian Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony, Shanghai Symphony, Spanish National, Taipei Symphony and the Vienna Chamber Orchestras amongst others while recital highlights include performances at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Centre, Royal Festival Hall, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and the Vienna Concert Hall. While the Washington Post praised “her expressive talents, fluid phrases and delicate, at times almost weeping, vibrato, ” Le Figaro commended her "great violin playing”, acknowledging her as “a very great artist", and La Nazione in Florence noted “her performance was an inspired force…accompanied by a technical polish, communicative capacity, and an expressive candor that was absolutely enchanting.” After a performance at the Evian Festival under Rostropovich, the Dauphiné Libéré offered “she is a poet in the etymological sense: one who creates beauty and happiness."