In March, 25, Zhang Haochen took the entrance examination of Curtis Institute of Music, a world-famous conservatory of music. Among the 115 candidates in the world, he became the only China player admitted that year with the best results, and was finally accepted as a disciple by the famous American piano master, piano educator and dean of Curtis graffman (Lang Lang's teacher).
In mid-August, Zhang Haochen, a 14-year-old boy who was far away from his motherland for the first time, couldn't help but shed homesick tears on the plane to the United States, although he was accompanied by his mother. He said to his mother, "If only the plane could turn around." And wrote a poem called "Farewell".
Despite receiving a $4, scholarship from Curtis Institute, Zhang Haochen and her mother, who accompany her to the United States, are still living in a tight life, and renting a house near the school alone will cost more than $7, per academic year. What makes Zhang Haochen feel lonely is that his mother decided to return to China after accompanying him for half a year to cultivate his independent living ability. He lived alone in the United States for four months.
This loneliness makes Zhang Haochen rely more on the piano to express his feelings. Within 1 months, he completed the study task of four concertos and four solo concerts (9 minutes each, performed at school). Graffman, who is used to piano genius, was deeply shocked by his performance, calling him "the most outstanding genius". He won the first prize in the competition for young students' artistic talents organized by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, and thus won a contract with the orchestra to perform in Philadelphia in September.
"It was a turning point for me to learn the piano when I went to Shenzhen to study under the teacher Dan. He put forward high requirements for my tone color and delicate phrases, which made my sensitivity and grasp of music change qualitatively; Graffman's greatest requirement for me is comprehension. He arranged a lot of songs, which allowed me to learn a lot of songs in a short time and find my own style step by step. " Zhang Haochen, who is only 15 years old, speaks clearly about the different styles of his two mentors.
Zhang Haochen does not reject the title of "gifted pianist": "I am confident that I am a piano genius, and this title is also a kind of pressure and supervision for me. There is still a long way to go in the future. I hope I can better understand the essence of music with the increase of my life experience."
At the age of five, he successfully held a piano solo concert for five-year-old children in Shanghai Concert Hall under the exclusive sponsorship of Baosteel Elegant Art Award Fund Council, playing a complete set of 15 Bach's two creative works and Mozart and Haydn sonatas, which caused a shock in the industry. It is rare in the world to hold a solo concert at such a young age and play a complete set of Bach's works that are extremely difficult for children.
At the age of 6, he successfully performed Mozart's piano concerto K467 with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra conducted by Chen Xieyang.
At the age of 7 and 9, he won the first prize in the Shanghai Piano Competition and the China Performance Award twice.
since the end of p>21, piano solo concerts with Chopin's complete etudes OP1 as the main content have been successfully held in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shenyang and Nanjing at the age of eleven. Highly praised by experts such as Zhou Guangren.
In p>22, he participated in the international competition for the first time at the age of 12-the 4th Tchaikovsky International Youth Music Competition won the first prize on the piano. Become the youngest first prize winner in the history of this famous event.
At the age of 13, she participated in the 5th Asian Chopin International Piano Competition held in Japan in p>24. At the age of 13, she participated in the age-free concerto competition, and competed with the players who were both college students and graduate students. She won the gold medal in the age-free concerto competition and three additional special prizes awarded by the organizing committee. His complete set of Chopin etudes OP25 and Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 were highly praised by Yasinsky, chairman of the jury of the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition, calling him a real genius! And warmly invited him to perform at the Polish Music Festival.
In August, 24, at the 49th Polish International Chopin Music Festival (the most famous music festival in the world), he performed a complete set of 12 Chopin etudes (P25) and other Chopin works, which caused great shock to the masters and audience present. Zhang Haochen made nearly ten curtain calls and added four pieces of music to thank the audience. Polish national television conducted a special interview and report on it. Music Festival magazine said: It shocked all the masters and listeners present with the skills and the most wonderful music.
In March, 25, he went to the Curtis entrance examination of the famous American Conservatory of Music (famous for cultivating talented young musicians), and stood out among the 115 outstanding piano candidates in the world, winning great appreciation from the masters and experts present with the best results, making him the only China player among the 16 professional students who took the examination, including the best students from the Central Conservatory of Music. All the teachers in the college (***6) regard it as the first student candidate. Finally, he was accepted as a disciple by the famous American piano master, piano educator and dean of Curtis graffman (Lang Lang's teacher).
In March p>26, she participated in the' Young Students' Art Talent Competition organized by Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, and was sincerely appreciated by the judges composed of the artistic director, conductor and chief of the orchestra. Not only won the first place in all instrumental music (the piano player has not won an award for 8 years. ) but also won the outstanding achievement award added by the organizing Committee for his incisive interpretation of Rachmaninov's second piano concerto. Therefore, he was invited by Eisenbach, a world-famous conductor, to perform with Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, a world-famous orchestra, in Philadelphia in September 26.
His concertos with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Children's Symphony Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra and Poland National Philharmonic Orchestra have been highly praised.
He has visited France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Canada, the United States, Egypt and other countries and held concerts, all of which were highly praised.
Zhang Haochen has long paid attention to comprehensive knowledge learning and accumulation and the cultivation of good moral character. He was awarded the title of "Miyoshi Student" for many times from the first grade in a key primary school to his graduation from junior high school. And won many scholarships (first-class scholarship, government scholarship and Yamaha scholarship, etc.). Academic performance is always at the top of the class. He has a wide range of interests and knowledge Since childhood, I like popular science knowledge and indulge in "1, Why". When I grow up, I love China history, world history and religion, encyclopedias and literature books.
He has a rare natural ear for hearing harmony. And attaches great importance to the study of music theory. In 1996, when he was just 6 years old, he got the "Six-level Music Theory Certificate" from Shanghai. He once completed the course of Harmony Acoustics in Sposobin (Russia) in just three months under the guidance of teacher Zhong Ze. His solfeggio, basic music theory, harmony and counterpoint courses are the best in his class. He is also very interested in composing music, and often tries to show his skill.
Zhang Haochen became the first China player to win the van cliburn Piano Competition. He broke the previous best result of China who won the third place in the 12th van cliburn Competition in 25 in Chen Sa. Zhang Haochen transferred from the primary school attached to Shanghai Conservatory of Music to Shenzhen Art School to study with Dan Zhaoyi. He is a student in graffman, and he was educated with Lang Lang, Wang Yujia, YUNDI and Chen Sa.