Haochen Zhang

Pianist Haochen Zhang has built early triumphs, including a gold medal and first prize at the Van Cliburn International Competition, into an international career. He has recorded several albums for the BIS label. Zhang was born on June 3, 1990, in Shanghai. He took up the piano at three, gave a recital at five, and performed Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, at six with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. As a child, he won several Chinese prizes, and he toured major Chinese cities at 11. The following year, he became the youngest-ever winner of the Internationa...