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Spring 2013 Datum: 2013-04-18 |
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''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 Haiou Zhang earned massive standing ovation in front the Southern French audience with his extraordinary interpretation of Ravel's evergreen LA VALSE: ''Avec une présence scénique incroyable, Zhang, jouant les yeux fermés, surprend par la puissance - ou l'extrême douceur - d'une frappe venue de très haut. Virtuose, assurément.'' - LA PROVENCE, 13 Avril 2013 Upcoming Highlights in June including Liszt's piano concerto No.1 with the Echo-Klassik winning PHILHARMONIE FESTIVA under the baton of Gerd Schaller at the Regentenbau in Bad Kissingen by Festival Ebracher Musiksommer (2 June), a Duo concert with ARD Prize-Winning Oboist Maria Sournachetva in Winterthur/Switzerland (5 June), Piano recitals at the Festival Grünstädter Sternstunde packed with Chopin, Debussy and Ravel (15 June) and the Piano Salon Christophori in Berlin (20 June), Mozart's piano concerto KV414 with Russian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra St. Petersburg under Juri Gilbo at the Festival Oettinger Residenzkonzerte (16 June) and Mozart's piano concerto KV415 with Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Fey at the Festival Weilburger Schlosskonzerte (30 June). In July Haiou Zhang is on tour with Violinst Christoph Seybold at the luxury cruiseline MS EUROPA 2 from Valleta to Barcelona. A Duo programme is settled with Beethoven, Debussy, DeFalla and Bizet/Waxman.  ©Artwork: Olga Livotova |
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Haiou Zhang Festival CD Datum: 2013-01-15 |
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After three exciting concert seasons, the Haiou Zhang International Music Festival Buxtehude presents its first CD album the "Best of 2010-2012" in cooperation with label Monalvo Records. The festival 2013 will be take place from 22 August until 1 September with many outstanding highlights, especially the first Ensemble-in-Residence circle designated the ARD prize-winning Faust Quartet.  |
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Haiou Zhang plays Tchaikovsky Datum: 2012-10-14 |
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12 and 13 October 2012 at 8 pm, Haiou Zhang opened the seasonal concerts at the Laeiszhalle/Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the City Congress Hall in Braunschweig with the warhorse Tchaikovsky piano concerto No .1 as solosit in front of over 3.200 concert goers. An special Encore to thank their enthusiastic applaus, Haiou Zhang performed the superb concert paraphrase on a theme of the J. Strauss's "Fledermaus" and cheered up by standing ovations. The KlassikPhilharmonie Hamburg under the baton of Maestro Robert Stehli offered the soloist their strongest support. "...his music release powerful magic which completely mesmerized the audience." - Europe Times "...his unbeatable technique and incomparable musicality made this concerto sounded in a perfect way. His interpretation has completely conquered almost two thousands of concert goers: Hamburg is crazy for him tonight!" - People's Daily / Overseas Edition Europe "Just a few bars after the exposition, his interpretation has already told you how the music here should be." - Braunschweiger Zeitung  |
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Haiou Zhang Festival in Buxtehude successful Datum: 2012-07-15 |
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The 3rd Edition of Haiou Zhang's International Music Festival in Buxtehude 2012 was enormously successful. All concerts scheduled were completely sold out, over 2.500 people came to concerts and around 500 teenagers were involved with their big interests for classical music. A Special film project with disabled children received many recogniation and the NSB Open Air with KlassikPhilharmonie under Robert Stehli as the Grand Finale earned standing ovation from over 1.000 enthusiastic audience. Thank all artists and all unknown crews who did the most! The 2013 4th Edition will take place from 22 to 31 August. Thank our main sponsors the Sparkasse Harburg-Buxtehude, NSB Reederei, Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung, Landeschaftsverband Bremen-Verden and Town of Buxtehude.  |
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April/May Datum: 2012-05-04 |
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After the major press acclaim of the Liszt disc from 2011, Haiou Zhang's Liszt recital in Canada received more than possive feedbacks: ''to call him brilliant would be an insult. He was the finest pianist I have ever had the good fortune to hear - it truly was an experience no one who attended will ever forget!" Michael Grit - General Manager, Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, Canada. The Toronto concert with Mozart's piano concerto KV466, Toronto Concerto Orchestra under the baton of Kerry Stratton, earned standing ovation from a big amount of young generation music lovers. Liona Boyd, Internationally renowned classical guitarist was personally there and confirmed this exciting moment: ''The soloist, 27 year old Chinese piano virtuoso Haiou Zhang, completely knocked me out with his playing... it was exhilarating to feel part of the music and never in my life have I been more impressed by a pianist…No wonder he’s taken the world by storm.'' Back to Germany, Haiou Zhang continued the ''Mozart-Fever'' in Münster. Thank to over a thousand concert audience, he returned stage with the remarkable ''Soiree de Vienne'' on a theme of Fledermaus and leads the concert goers to a big Triumph. Minutes long standing ovation followed. Local newspaper Westfälische Nachrichten oberserved: ''Am Ende war der Siedepunkt erreicht, der Beifall im Großen Haus des Theaters glich dem Ausbruch eines Vulkans. Haiou Zhang wurde gefeiert wie ein Star, und das völlig zu Recht. Denn mit seiner ersten Zugabe, den atemberaubenden „Souvenirs de Vienne“ von Alfred Grünfeld über Walzermotive aus Johann Strauß’ „Fledermaus“, riss er die Zuhörer geradezu von den Sitzen. Kein lichtscheues Flattertier saß da am Flügel, sondern ein echter Tastenlöwe mit ausgeprägtem Selbstbewusstsein – und gefühlten zwanzig Fingern.'' The Ruhr Nachrichten's comments on his Mozart interpretation: ''Haiou Zhang forcierte in Mozarts Klavierkonzert d-Moll folgerichtig dramatische Wucht und klare Linien. Eine Interpretation, die den atemlosen Elan dieser Musik, ihre süße Ausweglosigkeit und den haltlosen Drive ideal verkörperte. Zhang ließ in der Schönheit der Musik auch deren subversive Tragik hörbar werden. Begeisterter Beifall.'' Heidelberg - Beethoven's piano concerto C major No.1, a very challenging concerto full of vitality and ambition. A large number of audience gave Haiou Zhang's interpretation extremely enthusiastic applaus. A quote from local newspaper Mannheimer Morgen: ''Der junge chinesische Pianist Haiou Zhang, ist als Flügel-Mann zweifellos ein aufgehender Star, den Thomas Fey rechtzeitig an sich gebunden hat. Mit Beethovens erstem Klavierkonzert in C-Dur (op. 15) führt Zhang eine Pianistik vor, in der sich Eleganz und Tiefe, perlende Leichtigkeit und hochgespannte Wachheit die Hände geben. Unverbraucht, ja neu, wirkt die Wiedergabe, und das Publikum ist zu Recht begeistert.'' ''Der Solist im 1. Beethoven Klavierkonzert, Haiou Zhang, setzte dem robusten Beethoven-Klang des Orchesters filigrane Leichtigkeit im Ton entgegen und hob das Werk so differenziert zwischen noch beinah höfischen und bürgerlich-revolutionären Stil. Der Jakobiner Beethoven rückt sich seinen Hut erst noch zurecht!'' Rhein-Nackar-Zeitung observed.
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Spring 2012 Datum: 2012-03-23 |
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Haiou Zhang received massive press acclaims At the beginning of 2012, Haiou Zhang received massive critical and audience acclaims in Schwetzingen, Nordhorn, Peine, St Louis, Lübeck and Oberhausen. Most of these concerts are completely sold out or even overbooked. The Schwetzinger Zeitung commented on his Mozart Piano Concerto performance with Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Fey as '' The 27-year old exceptional talent was able to demonstrate his striking piano playing most impressively. The commitment and intensity which he devoted to the works which were on the programme quite clearly showed that he belongs to one of the best of the new generation.'' In Lübeck and Oberhausen, the concert goers awarded him with long standing ovations. Haiou Zhang returned stage many times and generously played a dozen encores. Also the French audience and press had no less enthusiasm. In a article titled ''Liszt Intemporel (Liszt Timeless)'' admires the Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace: ''Haiou Zhang, au palmarès interminable, se révèle rapidement en grand technicien et, surtout, 100 % musicien qui transmet passion et émotion pour jouer Liszt avec respect et admiration. Intensité brûlante puis infimes nuances se succèdent jusqu’à l’extinction naturelle de la corde dans cette salle devenue surchauffée par cet hommage “grande classe“, presque visionnaire, à Liszt. Alors non, il faut tout de suite oublier tout parallèle avec son célèbre compatriote Lang Lang, qui, lui, fait beaucoup plus de show. Ce dont Haïou Zhang peut aisément se passer: sa musique se suffit à elle-même…'' The renowned German press WAZ - Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung observed: ''Wie er allerdings dieses gespenstisch-düstere Drama, in das hin und wieder ein überirdisches Licht einbricht, am Ende in Schwärze und panischer Auflösung versinken lässt, das erlebt man nicht alle Tage.'' Many days after his recital in Oberhausen, the entire city was still talking about this unforgetable concert. ''Haiou Zhang and his piano music'', an four-page long article is published on issue February's HIGH FIDELITY Magazine China. In this article, Haiou Zhang was comprehensively sharing his music understanding of Franz Liszt, which is connected to his internationally acclaimed Liszt CD in 2011.  |
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Upcoming Datum: 2011-11-11 |
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Haiou Zhang's Liszt recording received high recognition worldwide in this year. Recently JINGO Records and hänssler CLASSIC released a special edition - The glorious Germania / The Best of hänssler CLASSIC 2011-12 in Taiwan. Haiou Zhang's Liszt B minor Sonata is being selected for this limited edition. 享譽全球的德國頂級獨立古典音樂品牌hänssler，為了感謝台灣樂迷支持，每年都會與代理金革唱片合作推出超值年度精選限定盤。就如同瓷器迷每年必蒐皇家哥本哈根年度限定盤一樣，對古典樂迷來說，收藏每年份的「The Best of hänssler」也很重要，因為hänssler CD限定盤所收錄的，全是當年度最精彩的經典錄音，加上價格超級殺，當然不能錯過。 今年度推出的《璀璨日耳曼2011-2012 The Best of hänssler》，是繼2009年《狂飆日耳曼》、2010年《精彩日耳曼》後，再度推出的超值年度精選。Hänssler的高水準錄音一向有口皆碑，廣受國內外各大專業媒體好評，而且本張精選除了曲目經典，陣容也很堅強，由國際樂壇大師、新生代演奏巨星、葛萊美桂冠錄音名匠攜手合作，收錄貝森朵夫、史坦威、貝克斯坦三大名琴發燒錄音，聲音乾淨清澈、完整保留音樂中的細節與動態，喜愛享受德式風格古典樂的人，《璀璨日耳曼2011-2012 The Best of hänssler》絕對是值得珍藏的年度限定盤。 目前旅居歐洲發展，被譽為繼郎朗、李雲迪後，新一代華人鋼琴巨星的張海鷗，特別在李斯特誕辰200週年發行了此張專輯。專輯不但收錄了李斯特著名的鋼琴作品，並且特別使用李斯特生前愛用的德國頂級C.BECHSTEIN名琴進行錄音，嘗試重現鋼琴之王當年風靡歐洲的燦爛音色與多變琴音。
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Listen to haiou on board & recent cd reviews Datum: 2011-08-01 |
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After being selected by lufthansa Inflight Entertainment program, Haiou's Liszt disc is also choosen by Dutch Royal Airlines KLM from July for their CD program on board. In the Classical Music Category, there are only a few choices besides: Sir Simon Rattle/ Berliner Philharmoniker, Janine Jansen, Julia FIscher, Murray Perahia, Mitsuko Uchida, Maurizio Pollini, Mariss Jansons/ Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Lang Lang, Joshua Bell, Ivan Fischer/ Budapest Festival Orchestra and Pierre Laurent-Aimard. 
'' He gives a thoroughly noble performance without any excesses. Funerailles from Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses, given an appropriately powerful and dramatic performance. Both St Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds and those majestic Fountains at the Villa d’Este are so marvelously depicted in Liszt’s music. Zhang has great musicality and the technique to back it up and bring these sound pictures to life.(...) Haiou Zhang gives a true bang-up performance that I’m sure both Liszt and Horowitz would smile at.'' American Record Guide ARG, Edition July / August 2011, James Harrington 
" Because this is the 200th anniversary year of Franz Liszt's birth, I've been hearing far more of his B Minor Piano Sonata than I would care to. It's a wonderful piece that is about far more than mere show, but Liszt left stacks and stacks of music that we are not hearing. I don't think that, among this year's recordings or concerts, I've heard as cleanly laid-out an interpretation as from Haiou Zhang. His new Liszt album is well worth checking out." The Toronto Star, issue 25th July 2011, John Terauds 
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On Charts Datum: 2011-06-14 |
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Das Musikmagazin - TONSPION ist der größte deutsche MP3 Blog Charts Top 100 - Klassik Platz 1 (stand 14.6.2011)
Komponist: Franz Liszt Interpret: Haiou Zhang Label: haenssler CLASSIC Redaktionswertung: ***** Charts: auf Platz 1 1 CD, ca. 74 Minuten
10.06.2011 Vielversprechener Nachwuchsstar Haiou Zhang wird oft mit Lang Lang verglichen. Das ist beinahe unvermeidlich, wenn ein junger Chinese wie er sich anschickt, als Pianist die internationale Klassikszene zu erobern. Aber es ist ein Vergleich, den der 25-Jährige nicht besonders schätzt. Denn obgleich sich die beiden Künstler seit Kindertagen kennen, obgleich sie eine Zeit lang gemeinsam in Peking studiert haben, sind sie doch grundverschieden. Nichts an ihm ist extrovertiert, nichts verrät den Showman, Haiou Zhang musiziert nach innen. Und wo Lang Lang, der andere Chinese, in den letzten Jahren vielleicht ein bisschen zu sehr den Popstar gegeben hat, macht er den Eindruck, nicht auftrumpfen, sondern seiner Sache, der Musik, auf den Grund gehen zu wollen. Man spürt beim Zuhören seine genuine Ernsthaftigkeit. Zudem hat Haiou Zhang eine Menge Kraft in den Fingern. Das gibt einen feinen, perlenden, dabei immer glasklaren und männlichen Anschlag. Der sich in diesem Künstler mit einer reichhaltigen Prise tiefgründiger Musikalität paart (...) Wenn jemand in der Lage ist, Liszt dermaßen zum Singen und Klingen zu bringen wie Haiou Zhang in unserem Hörbeispiel, Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este, das musikalisch die Wasserspiele eines römischen Renaissanceschlosses beschreibt, es vermag, dann haben wir hier mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit einen jungen Pianisten vor uns, von dem man noch ein paar echte musikalische Heldentaten erwarten darf. Review Autor: Harald Reiter
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Lufthansa CD selection Datum: 2011-06-13 |
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Inflight Entertainment
''Sein neues Album erweist dem Jubilar Liszt gebührende Referenz.'' www.Lufthansa-Inflightentertainment.de
After many critic acclaims worldwide, Haiou Zhang's Liszt album is being selected to the Lufthansa CD selection - ListenRelax on board from the upcoming July.
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