Award-winning pianist Zhang Haochen will present three pieces from Debussy’s “Images,” Schumann’s “Humoreske,” Boulez’s “Piano Sonata No. 1” and Liszt’s “Piano Sonata in B Minor.” A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States where he studied under Gary Graffman, Zhang was previously trained at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Shenzhen Arts School, where he was admitted in 2001 at the age of 11 to study with Dan Zhaoyi. He has also been studying periodically with Andreas Haefliger in Austria. Since he won gold medal at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009, Zhang has captivated audiences in the United States, Europe and Asia with a unique combination of musical sensitivity, imagination and virtuosity. In 2017, he received the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, which recognizes talented musicians with potential for a major career in music. Zhang has already appeared with many of the world’s leading festivals and orchestras including the BBC Proms with Yu Long and the China Philharmonic; the Munich Philharmonic with the late Lorin Maazel in a sold-out tour in Munich and China; the Easter Festival in Moscow by special invitation of Maestro Valery Gergiev; the Sydney Symphony and David Robertson in a China tour; and the NDR Hamburg and Thomas Hengelbrock in a tour of Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai. In July 2019, Zhang released his debut concerto album on BIS Records performing Prokofiev’s “Piano Concerto No. 2” and Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1” with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Dima Slobodeniouk. His debut solo album was released by BIS in 2017, which includes works by Schumann, Brahms, Janacek and Liszt. Zhang is also an avid chamber musician and is frequently invited by chamber music festivals in the United States, including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and La Jolla Summerfest. Time: 8 p.m., Oct. 12 Tickets: 180-480 yuan Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, Futian District (福田区深圳音乐厅) Metro: Line 3 or 4 to Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit D(SD News) | 