NINGXIN ZHAN – CHINA (21)

Ningxin Zhan is a young classical pianist with a passionate artistic mission to share music with diverse audiences around the world. She has performed on important stages in China, Italy, and the United States. Ms. Zhan is the recipient of second prize at the 2023 New York Franz Liszt Piano Competition, from which she made her debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall and Stern Auditorium with the St. Luke’s Orchestra playing the Liszt Concerto No.1. She was also won first prize and the Best Scriabin Performance Award at the renowned 2019 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition. Following this victory, she was invited by the Gulf Coast Symphony to play the Chopin Concerto No. 2 in March 2022. She was also awarded top prizes at the 2023 Jacob Flier Piano Competition, the 2022 Yale Gordon Competition, the 2020 Sviatoslav Richter International Piano Competition, and the 2021 Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition.  

She started playing piano at the age of five. When she was nine, Ningxin was accepted to the music school affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music as a recipient of annual and multiple other scholarships. Currently, she studies with Dr. Steven Spooner at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.  

As an active participant in music festivals, Ningxin was the Clara Wells Scholarship recipient at the American Matthay Music Festival in 2023. She also performed at the Aspen Music Festival & School, PianoTexas, PianoSummer at New Paltz, and Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival. She has received master classes from world-renowned musicians such as Richard Goode, HungKuan Chen, Vladimir Feltsman, Alexander Kobrin, Matti Raekallio, Fabio Bidini, Ursula Oppens, and Jerome Lowenthal.