Education
He studied with Gary Graffman, who was also the teacher of Language Language and Yuja Wang.
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He studied with Gary Graffman, who was also the teacher of Language Language and Yuja Wang.
"Zhang.. demonstrated a musical maturity almost unimaginable in one so young." "Zhang impressed with depth of musical understanding and subtle expressive nuance.. at the competition"s end, he was the musician I"d walk across town to hear." - Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News
In June 2009, Haochen Zhang became the youngest and the first Chinese competitor to be awarded the prestigious Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. As part of his prize package, Haochen Zhang received commission-free artist management from the Van Cliburn Foundation for three seasons following the competition.
Haochen Zhang gave his debut recital at the Shanghai Music Hall at the age of five, performing all of Bach’s two-part inventions, as well as sonatas by Haydn and Mozart.
Following this success, at the age of eleven, he gave tours in all the major cities in China performing the complete Chopin Etudes op.10, Beethoven and Mozart Sonatas. In 2004, he made his debut at the 49th International Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Poland, performing the complete Chopin Etudes op.25.
Mr. Zhang has performed with the China National Symphony Orchestra, Krakow State Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and has concertized throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States.
In 2005, Haochen Zhang moved to the United States to attend the Curtis Institute of Music and to study under the world-renowned Gary Graffman. The year following, he made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra performing Rachmaninov"s Second Piano Concerto.
He also has broad interests in many other fields, including history, literature, et cetera He is currently managed by KAJIMOTO.