Ziang Xu - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality China

Place of Birth Liaoning

Date of Birth September 12, 1992

Prizes

2018 First Prize: New Orleans International Piano Competition (New Orleans, USA)

2017 Second Prize: International Keyboard Institute and Festival (New York, USA)

2017 First Prize: The Steinway Society of Puerto Rico Award (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

2017 First Prize: The Princeton Festival Piano Competition (Princeton, New Jersey, USA)

2017 First Prize: East Coast International Music Competition (New Jersey, USA)

Making his solo debut at the age of eleven, Ziang Xu studied at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music in Liaoning province, China. He pursued his undergraduate studies in the United States at the Mannes School of Music in New York as a student of Vladimir Feltsman and Victor Rosenbaum, with whom he continued to study for his Master of Music degree at the New England Conservatory in Boston.

Ziang has distinguished himself in several international competitions and has performed widely including at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, The Ukrainian Institute of America, Hunter College in New York and at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall.

Ziang is currently studying with Bruce Brubaker as a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the New England Conservatory in Boston, USA.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Frédéric Chopin : Nocturnes Op.48

No.1 in C minor

Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No.1 in D minor BWV 812

I. Allemande
II. Courante
III. Sarabande
IV. Menuet I
V. Menuet II
VI. Gigue

Elena Kats-Chernin: from Twelve One Page Piano Pieces

I. Rockhampton Rag

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Franz Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor S.178

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ Major Op.106 ‘Hammerklavier’

I. Allegro

II. Scherzo. Assai vivace

III. Adagio sostenuto

IV. Introduzione. Largo – Fuga: Allegro risoluto

Frédéric Chopin : Nocturnes Op.27

No.2 in D♭ Major

Frédéric Chopin : Deux Nocturnes Op.62

No.2 in E Major

Philip Glass: from Glassworks

I. Opening

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1 in G Major Op.78

I. Vivace, ma non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Allegro molto moderato

Fritz Kreisler: Syncopation

OR:

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in F Major Op.99

I. Allegro vivace
II. Adagio affettuoso
III. Allegro passionate
IV. Allegro molto

David Popper: Concert-Études Op.55

I. Spinning Song

Finals

Final Round 1: Concerto with String Orchestra

Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.21

I. Maestoso

II. Larghetto

III. Allegro vivace

Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra

Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B♭ Major Op.83

I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro appassionato
III. Andante
IV. Allegretto grazioso