" Incredible technique married with captivating emotional depth.
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Lauded as one of today's probing musical voices infused with searing virtuosity, Nancy Zhou is the winner of the 2018 Shanghai Isaac Stern Violin Competition. With a robust online presence that seeks to invigorate appreciation for the art and science of the violin, her thoughtful musicianship resonates with a global audience in such a way that brings her on stage with leading orchestras around the world.
Making her orchestral debut at the age of 13 with her hometown orchestra, the San Antonio Symphony, Nancy went on to collaborate with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Munich Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, among others. She has collaborated with conductors such as Jaap van Zweden, Sakari Oramo, Peter Oundjian, Eun Sun Kim, Christoph Poppen, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Michael Stern, Darrell Ang, Jurjen Hempel, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, and Ken-David Masur.
Alongside projects undertaken as a soloist, Nancy holds interest in chamber music and providing guidance to young musicians. As a collaborator, she has performed at the Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival, Tongyeong Music Festival, Festpiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Festival de Coimbra, the Marvão Festival, and the Paganini Genova Festival. In 2017, she was invited by the Encore Chamber Music Festival to serve as guest artist and faculty member. She is a regular guest educator at summer festivals, holding masterclasses at various institutions and conducting private classes. Since the spring of 2020, Nancy devotes time to a private online studio, teaching a number of students across the globe and presenting public group classes on fundamental training and cultivating mindful awareness.
The past seasons, Nancy has endeavored to explore works outside the traditional oeuvre. In collaboration with the New Jersey Symphony and conductor Xian Zhang, she presented Zhao Jiping's first violin concerto at Alice Tully Hall, as well as gave the US premiere of Unsuk Chin's "Gran Cadenza" for two solo violins with Anne-Sophie Mutter across the US. In the forthcoming season, she will perform Chen Qigang's "La joie de la souffrance" with the Rogue Valley Symphony and embark on a collaborative project with Vivian Fung, commissioning the Canadian-born Chinese composer to write a work for solo violin and electronics so as to explore the intersection of the violinist's personal family oral history, folk minority culture, and, indeed, music.
Born in Texas to Chinese immigrant parents, Nancy began the violin under the guidance of her father. She went on to study with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory while pursuing her interest in literature at Harvard University. Additionally, she is an Associated Artist of the Queen Elisabeth Chapel, Professor of Violin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and is Artist-in-Residence of the Santa Cruz Symphony.
2024/2025 season. Not to be altered without permission.
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VIRTUOSITY MATCHED BY TONAL FLEXIBILITY AND A STRENGTH AND BEAUTY THAT CREATES CHILLS.
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- Sun, Dec 08San DiegoDec 08, 2024, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMSan Diego, 9390 Mandeville Ln, La Jolla, CA 92093, USAVivian Fung - Violin Concerto no. 1
- Fri, Jan 24Sol Joseph HallJan 24, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PMSol Joseph Hall, 50 Oak St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USAJohannes Brahms - Sonata no. 1, op. 78, Sonata no. 2, op. 100, Sonata no. 3, op. 108. With Evan Wong, piano.
- Fri, Jan 31State Theatre New JerseyJan 31, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PMState Theatre New Jersey , 15 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USARalph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
- Sat, Feb 01New Jersey Performing Arts CentreFeb 01, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PMNew Jersey Performing Arts Centre, 1 Center St, Newark, NJ 07102, USARalph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
- Sun, Feb 02Mayo Performing Arts CentreFeb 02, 2025, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PMMayo Performing Arts Centre, 100 South St, Morristown, NJ 07960, USARalph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
- Sun, Feb 09GuadalajaraFeb 09, 2025, 7:00 PM – Feb 14, 2025, 11:00 PMGuadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoRecital program featuring works by Respighi, Franck, Bartók, and Pärt.
- Mon, Feb 24Sol Joseph HallFeb 24, 2025, 7:30 PM – 11:30 PMSol Joseph Hall, 50 Oak St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USAFeaturing works by Respighi, Franck, Pärt, and Stravinsky. With Eric Zivian, piano.
- Sat, Mar 01Jordan HallMar 01, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMJordan Hall, 290 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USAFeaturing works by Stravinsky, Respighi, Franck, and Pärt. With Weicong Zhang, piano.
- Sun, Apr 13GuadalajaraApr 13, 2025, 7:00 PM – Apr 16, 2025, 11:00 PMGuadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, MexicoRecital featuring works by Stravinsky, Respighi, Franck, and Pärt.
- Sat, Apr 19Kuala Lumpar, MalaysiaApr 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMKuala Lumpar, Malaysia, S611, Second Floor, 1 Utama E, 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaMax Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 26
- Sun, Apr 20Kuala Lumpar, MalaysiaApr 20, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMKuala Lumpar, Malaysia, S611, Second Floor, 1 Utama E, 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MalaysiaMax Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 26
- Sat, May 10Berger CenterMay 10, 2025, 1:30 PM – 5:30 PMBerger Center, Berger Center, 6633 Oakmont Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95409, USAFeaturing works by Bach, Bartók, Ysaÿe, Kreisler.
- Fri, May 30Teatro AdundacionMay 30, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMTeatro Adundacion, Rúa Policarpo Sanz, 13, 36202 Vigo, Pontevedra, SpainP. I. Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, op. 35
- Sat, May 31LugoMay 31, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMLugo, Lugo, SpainP. I. Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto, op. 35
- Fri, Jun 20Guiyang Grand TheaterJun 20, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMGuiyang Grand Theater, China, Gui Zhou Sheng, Gui Yang Shi, Nan Ming Qu, 新华路212号 邮政编码: 550002Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto, op. 14
- Sun, Jul 20Hangzhou Grand TheaterJul 20, 2025, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PMHangzhou Grand Theater, China, Zhe Jiang Sheng, Hang Zhou Shi, Jiang Gan Qu, 新业路39号 邮政编码: 310016D. Shostakovich - Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 77
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