Year of birth: 2004
Place of birth: Ningbo
Educated in: Shanghai, Oberlin
Place of residence: Oberlin
(Plays in Miami)

November 2026

Program

W.A. Mozart Piano sonata in F major, K. 533 F. Chopin Ballade No. 1 in g minor, op. 23  


Biography

Hanyuan Zhu is currently pursuing his undergraduate studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Professor Dang Thai Son. He began studying the piano at the age of six and received his early training at the affiliated schools of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under Professor Yang Yunlin. He has received recognition in national and international competitions, including Second Prize at the 2023 International Anton Rubinstein Competition, Second Prize at the 2023 Morningside Music Bridge Concerto Competition, and Sixth Prize and the Best Mazurka Prize at the 2019 Beijing Chopin International Piano Competition. He was also selected for the Arthur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv and the 19th Chopin Competition in Warsaw.

 

 

Withdrawn candidates:

Daria Podorozhnova
Qinyaoyao Ji
Jeongwoo Lee