Shuhui Zhou (New York, NY)

Piano

New York- based pianist Shuhui (Sophia) Zhou has been performing as a soloist and chamber musician internationally in the USA, Europe and China. She was the winner of the V BPA International Piano Award of Barcelona, engaged for 5 solo recitals across Spain. Her recent concert appearances include the Royal Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Shanghai Concert Hall, etc. As a chamber musician, she frequently collaborated with members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera House, HK Philharmonic, etc.

Ms. Zhou holds a Master of Music degree from Mannes College of Music in New York, studying with Thomas Sauer. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and Bachelor of Arts in German Literature from Oberlin College. Ms. Zhou was invited as a post-graduate piano fellow by the Bard College Conservatory, working with the Graduate Vocal Arts Program under the guidance of Dawn Upshaw and Stephanie Blythe and offering Secondary Piano lessons to college undergraduate students.

As one of the most dynamic and versatile young musicians of her generation, Sophia recorded and premiered music by renowned composers such as Andrew Norman (Pulitzer- Prize and Grammy-Award nominee) , Benjamin Broening (recipient of Guggenheim Award), Alexander Goehr, John Harbison, Nina Shenkhar, etc.
Her recent projects include multimedia concert project “Bach VS The Climate Crisis” in collaboration with renowned environmental photographer J Henry Fair, an interdisciplinary performance in the Nam June Paik retrospectives show in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, chamber music concerts with members of Carnegie Ensemble Connect, song recitals with American tenor Daniel McGrew (2021 YCA Winner) in Merkin Hall and Morgan Library, New York City, Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington D.C, Harvard Music Associations in Boston and concert tours with ATL Piano Trio in Florence, Livorno, as well as appearances at the Mexican Republican Senate Hall to be broadcasted on national television for 2 consecutive weeks.

Ms. Zhou is the founder and director of two concert series in upstate New York, Chamber Music at The Stissing Center and Millbrook Music Salon. She has created and produced critically-acclaimed concerts for six consecutive seasons, bringing world-class music making into the community.

For more information, please visit: SophiaZhouPiano.com