VC YOUNG ARTIST | Nancy Zhou, 25 - 2018 Harbin International Violin Competition 1st Prize

25 year old American violinist Nancy Zhou is quickly building an international reputation as an emerging young soloist of outstanding potential

25 year old American violinist Nancy Zhou is quickly building an international reputation as an emerging young soloist of outstanding potential. 

A graduate of Harvard University and former student of Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory, Nancy is a laureate of the Isangyun, Sibelius and Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competitions - and in January of this year was awarded 1st prize at the 2018 Harbin International Violin Competition, in Harbin, China.

Her recent debuts include solo engagements with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Munich Symphony, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, National Orchestra of Belgium, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the San Antonio Symphony.

She currently performs on a 1843 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin - on generous loan from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN6SUxQCgnY&feature=youtu.be

VC YOUNG ARTIST NANCY ZHOU & NATSUMI OHNO | BRAHMS | SCHERZO IN C MINOR | 2015 JOSEPH JOACHIM INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION HANNOVER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrNQz-Fe5zA&feature=youtu.be

VC YOUNG ARTIST NANCY ZHOU & NATSUMI OHNO | BEETHOVEN | "SPRING" VIOLIN SONATA NO. 5 | 2015 JOSEPH JOACHIM INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION HANNOVER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBjMpMyFOLA&feature=youtu.be

VC YOUNG ARTIST NANCY ZHOU & NATSUMI OHNO | DEBUSSY | VIOLIN SONATA IN G MINOR | 2015 JOSEPH JOACHIM INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION HANNOVER

VC YOUNG ARTIST NANCY ZHOU & NAOKO ICHIHASHI | WAXMAN | CARMEN FANTASY | 2015 SIBELIUS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JGkDh3LCFI&feature=youtu.be

VC YOUNG ARTIST NANCY ZHOU | BACH | SONATA NO. 1 IN G MINOR FOR SOLO VIOLIN | SICILIANA & PRESTO | 2015 SIBELIUS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QObCYoC7Rpw&feature=youtu.be

VC YOUNG ARTIST NANCY ZHOU | BARTOK | SOLO VIOLIN SONATA | 1ST MVT | 2015 SIBELIUS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

VC YOUNG ARTIST NANCY ZHOU | NATHAN MILSTEIN | PAGANINIANA | 2013

Violin: 1843 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, on loan from Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation

Bow: 1860 Francois Voirin

Strings: Thomastik-Infeld Vision Titanium Solo + Warchal “Amber” E-string

Accessories: Andrea rosin

Teachers: Miriam Fried, David Nadien, Augustin Dumay

Schools: Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, New England Conservatory, Harvard University 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/nancyzhouviolin