ZHAO Dizhou captured the top prize at both Australia’s Southern Highlands and the Louisiana International Piano competitions. He performed at many prestigious venues. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the New England Conservatory, an Artist Diploma from Boston’s Longy School of Music, and currently serves as the director of the piano program at the National Music Institute for Young Artists and the Executive Artistic Director of the Happy Day Music Performing Arts Center in Troy, Michigan.

Program:

Mozart Piano Fantasie in c minor K.475
Schumann Piano Fantasie in c major, Op. 17
Waeber-Diaz An Improvisation in a Chinese Melody
Luding He 牧童短笛 Shepherd’s Flute
Jianzhong Wang 梅花三弄 Plum Blossom, Three Variations
Chopin Mazurkas, Op.24 & Op.68
Balakirev Islamey – Fantasie Orientale