Presented By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan
Sounds from the East to the West: A Concert of Chinese Piano Music
Pianists Oliver Jia and Grace Zhang
Program:
Man Jiang Hong – Prelude (2002), composed by Chu Wang-Hua
Jasmine Flower Fantasia (2003), composed by Chu Wang-Hua
Liu Tianhua Impromptus (1998), composed by Cui Shi Guang
Longing for my love (1991), composed by Dan Zhao-Yi.
Pi Huang (1995), composed by Zhang Zhao
Featuring pianists:
Described as an artist with “incomparable color and beauty of sound” (Jan Popis, Chopin Gazeta: 2005), Chinese-Swedish pianist Oliver Jia studied music at Yale University, Juilliard School and the University of Michigan. He has performed all over the world, and actively appears in concerts all over the world. With a repertoire of dozens of concerti in addition to over two hundred solo and chamber works, Dr. Jia made his official debut at Isaac Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall under the baton of Maestro James DePreist, performing Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 5. Dr. Jia now teaches piano music at the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley.
An alumna of the U-M School of Music Theater & Dance, Grace Zhang has performed extensively in the U.S., Europe, and China, and received numerous prestigious awards, including the MTNA Piano Competition, National Professional Piano Competition (Beijing), Asia-Pacific International Chopin Competition, Lennox International Concerto Competition, International Steinway Youth Piano Competition, Concerto competitions at Interlochen Arts Academy and University of Michigan. She currently studies music at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University.
Man Jiang Hong – Prelude (2002), composed by Chu Wang-Hua
Jasmine Flower Fantasia (2003), composed by Chu Wang-Hua
Liu Tianhua Impromptus (1998), composed by Cui Shi Guang
Longing for my love (1991), composed by Dan Zhao-Yi.
Pi Huang (1995), composed by Zhang Zhao
Featuring pianists:
Described as an artist with “incomparable color and beauty of sound” (Jan Popis, Chopin Gazeta: 2005), Chinese-Swedish pianist Oliver Jia studied music at Yale University, Juilliard School and the University of Michigan. He has performed all over the world, and actively appears in concerts all over the world. With a repertoire of dozens of concerti in addition to over two hundred solo and chamber works, Dr. Jia made his official debut at Isaac Stern Auditorium in Carnegie Hall under the baton of Maestro James DePreist, performing Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 5. Dr. Jia now teaches piano music at the University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley.
An alumna of the U-M School of Music Theater & Dance, Grace Zhang has performed extensively in the U.S., Europe, and China, and received numerous prestigious awards, including the MTNA Piano Competition, National Professional Piano Competition (Beijing), Asia-Pacific International Chopin Competition, Lennox International Concerto Competition, International Steinway Youth Piano Competition, Concerto competitions at Interlochen Arts Academy and University of Michigan. She currently studies music at the Shepherd School of Music, Rice University.
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