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Haiou Zhang performs Beethoven's piano concerto No. 2 in Offenburg, Ellwangen and Fürstenfeldbruck with the Heidelberger Sinfoniker received enthusiatic acclaims from the press and audience. The renowned Sueddeutsche Zeitung observed his interpreration as ''Haiou Zhang warf sich sogleich mit einem sehr pointierten Anschlag ins Zeug, ließ die Sechzehntelketten herrlich perlen und entwarf so ein etwas anderes Bild von klassischem Ebenmaß, als es das Orchestervorgegeben hatte. Daraus ergab sich eine sich eine interpretatorische Spannung, die auf den Hörer sehr anregend wirkte...''.

Upcoming concerts include Debut in Oslo/Norway at the summer concert serie in Vigeland Museet on 22 June and the 5th Edition of Haiou Zhang's Festival in Buxtehude/Germany. Highlight: Rachmaninoff piano concerto No. 3 Op. 30 with the Russian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra St. Petersburg under the baton of Maestro Juri Gilbo on 19 July. For further Information please visit the official Website: www.klassik-buxtehude.de

Besides, Haiou Zhang has released his recent live performance with one of his favourite composition on Youtube: Ravel's La Valse. The Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung described it such as ''So wie Haiou Zhang die Klangfarben des Orchesters oder von Orgelregistern aus dem Flügel herauszuholen vermag, das können nur wenige. Eine Virtuosität, für die es offenbar nichts Unmögliches gibt.''

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As Artist-in-Residence at the International Music Festival Buxtehude 4th Edition, Haiou Zhang has offered a giant programme in this summer: Beethoven's Emperor Concerto, Chausson's Concerto in D and Dvorak's piano quintet A Major with the Faust Quatet, Violin and Oboe recitals with Christoph Seybold and Maria Sournatchev, five late Lieder from Mahler and a full-set of piano recital program. The festival earned enormously success from both press and audience. The 5th Edition is going to take place from 17 to 27 July 2014.

The upcoming concerts of Haiou Zhang including prestiges venues in Hamburg, Munich, Berlin, Vienna and with special mention to his lecture about Franz Liszt at the Arts Library in NCPA Beijing. For details please follow Agenda and his Facebook page. 

 Artwork@Sabina Przybyla 

Haiou Zhang gives two bang-up performances on 16 June at the Festival Oettinger Schlosskonzerte with Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg under Juri Gilbo, Mozart's piano concerto KV414, oberserved by Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung as:

'' His special expressiveness made ​​clear that the 29-year-old Haiou Zhang is about to catch up with the great pianists of our time. If in his case the idol-like worship of a Lang Lang is missing, one senses that the combination of musical empathy with absolutely excellent playing technique made his appearance a godsend for the Oettinger Palace Concerts. If Mozart's piano concertos do not always reach the depths of Beethoven or other famous romantic piano composers, there is the genius of his piano compositions which, above all, achieve their own kind of "simplicity" by means of their great technical brilliance and an unsurpassed richness of melody. For both these qualities the Chinese pianist Zhang Haiou provided a prime example.''

30 June, Mozart's piano concerto KV415 with the ''viennese classic specialist'' Heidelberg Symphony under the baton of Thomas Fey, Debut at the Open Air concert of the prestiges international music festival Weilburger Schlosskonzerte received press acclaims and waves from the audience. The Frankfurter Neue Presse: ''Glänzende Triller, perlende Figurenketten bot blitzsauber Haiou Zhang. Technisch meisterte er seine Aufgabe souverän...elegantes graziles Musizieren...Schön beseelt gelangen Zhang indes die überraschenden Adagio-Einschübe des Rondos. Freien Lauf ließ er seiner Spielfreude bei seinen beiden Zugaben, einem bezaubernd stimmungsvollen Chopin-Nocturne und dem morbiden Rausch der Valse Maurice Ravels.''

Haiou Zhang enjoys the success at the prestiges Regentenbau in Bad Kissingen, Germany: Liszt's piano concerto E-flat major with the ECHO-Klassik winning orchestra Philharmonie Festiva under the baton of Gerd Schaller at the festival Ebracher Musiksommer . Around one thousand concertgoers dedicated him minutes long applaus and he thanked the cheerful audience with Ravel's most fabulous original orchestral work La Valse transcipted by compser himself for solo piano.

''Haiou Zhang is one of the most successful pianists of his generation. His extensive concert performances have led him to appear all over the world. With the the piano concerto No. 1 in E Flat major by Franz Liszt, he simply provided the icing on the cake. With virtuosity and unparalleled in his playing, he captivated his audience by means of his youthful freshness and exceptional ability. A brilliant concert where all those who love romantic music were rewarded - including shivers down the spine. .'' - The MAIN POST

* Photograph: Peter Klopf 

''Haiou Zhang, who turns 29 this year, has a right to envy other, more famous Chinese virtuosos, for their luck at least. He is as technically gifted as any of them, to judge by his effortless power and command in the Liszt B minor Sonata. This work seems to be a benchmark for young Chinese phenoms (i'ts been recorded by Yuja Wang and Yundi), and Zhang plays it with convincing musical instincts for every shifting mood. His reading sounds magnificent on a huge Bechstein.'' - Amazon.com, 4Stars