
Background
Prizes
Wei-Xin (Byron) Zhou grew up in Shanghai where he graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, studying under Christopher Zhong. In 2008 he made his concert debut in New York, and in 2011 moved to Boston and to study at the New England Conservatory of Music where he studied under Wha Kyung Byun. He graduated in 2015 with a Master’s degree and went on to earn a Graduate Diploma in 2019, studying under Bruce Brubaker. Currently he is completing an Artistic Diploma at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, studying under Sergey Schepkin.
Byron has given over one hundred recitals across Europe, America and Asia. He has also collaborated in concerto engagements with many orchestras, including the Cameristi della Scala Chamber Orchestra, the China Philharmonic Orchestra and the United Nations Symphony Orchestra.
Byron was invited to speak at the 2018 United Nations (UNITAR) Music Conference and the 2019 Davos Sub-Forum as the representative of the young generation of musicians.
Upcoming Competition Repertoire
Preliminaries
Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital
VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Book 2
XVI. Thema. Non troppo Presto
XVII. Variation 1
XVIII. Variation 2. Poco Animato
XIX. Variation 3
XX. Variation 4. Poco Allegretto
XXI. Variation 5
XXII. Variation 6. Poco più vivace
XXIII. Variation 7
XXIV. Variation 8. Allegro
XXV. Variation 9
XXVI. Variation 10. Veloce, energico
XXVII. Variation 11. Vivace
XXVIII. Variation 12. Un poco Andante
XXIX. Variation 13. Un poco più Andante
XXX. Variation 14. Presto, ma non troppo
Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital
I. Ondine
II. Le Gibet
III. Scarbo
Semi-Finals
Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital
I. Allegro vivace
II. Largo appassionato
III. Scherzo. Allegretto – Trio
IV. Rondo. Grazioso
V. Feux Follets
Finals
Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra
I. Vivace, ma non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto moderato
I. Lento
II. Allegro scherzando
III. Andante
IV. Allegro mosso
Final Round 1: Concerto with String Orchestra
I. Maestoso
II. Larghetto
III. Allegro vivace
Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra
I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito
II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo
III. Allegro con fuoco