Date/Time: Saturday February 25, 2012 at 8 pm.
Conductor: Jin Zhang
Soloist: Tian Yu Zhou, piano
Saint Saens: Danse Macabre
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tian Yu Zhou, piano soloist
Intermission
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Pianist Tian Yu Zhou
Pianist Tian Yu Zhou was born into a family of musicians and learned to play the piano with her mother at the age of four. Ms. Zhou had her first public performance at the age of five. At the age of nine, she received a scholarship to study with Marina Geringas at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Now 18 years old, she is a scholarship student at the Vancouver Academy of Music studying with Prof. Lee Kum-Sing.
During the 2010-11 season, Tian Yu performed Rachmaninov Concerto No.2 with the Vancouver Academy Symphony Orchestra and with Westcoast Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she performed Liszt Concerto No.1 with the Academy Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum as part of the Academy’s 40th Anniversary celebrations. Tian Yu has toured in China successfully on two occasions. In March 2012, Tian Yu will give a concert tour in Asia. She has performed in the U. S, at Casalmaggoire International Festival in Italy, The Holland International Music Session, the CBC Glenn Gould Studio, the Orford Arts Centre, Barrie International Colour of Music Festival, and at the Niagara International Chamber Music Festival.
Tian Yu has won numerous awards including; First Prize in the Toyama Asian Youth Music Competition “Concours Mido” Piano Competition held jointly by China and France; a National Finalist in the Canadian Music Competition; the Academy Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition in Toronto; the Kiwanis Music Festival of Greater Toronto; and in 2006, she won the prize for the best interpretation of a Canadian work in the OSM Standard Life Competition.
Tickets may be purchased at the door or reserved in advance. Reserved tickets will be available at the door. Payment must be made when picking up reserved tickets.
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$15 – General Admission
$10 – Seniors and Students
Shaughnessy Heights United Church
1550 West 33rd Avenue
Vancouver, BC
