Zhonghua Wei was born in Guangzhou, China and began his piano studies at the age of five with Chinese American pianist Jay Pengjie Sun, the piano department Chair at Xinghai Conservatory Middle School in Guangzhou. At 14 years of age, Zhonghua is a carefree, thoughtful boy who has avidly devoured significant portions of the piano repertoire including the 48 Prelude and Fugues of Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier, Mozart’s complete piano sonatas and the complete Chopin and Liszt etudes.
Zhonghua has been awarded numerous prizes at the national level including first prize at the Irmler-Klavierwettbewerb National Piano Competition, first prize at the Sterinborgh National Piano Competition, second prize at the Steinway National Piano Competition (2017), first prize at the Pearl River Kayserburg National Piano Competition (2019), second prize at the Steinway National Piano Competition (2019), first prize at the Xinghai Cup National Piano Competition, and third prize at the Futian National Piano Competition for young pianists.
In 2017 he was invited to Bad Hamburg to perform two separate half recitals, and in 2018 he gave his first solo recital at Yamaha Hall in Guangzhou. In 2022, he won the first prize at the Pearl River Kayserburg National Piano Competition and was admitted to the Morningside Music Bridge. Currently, Zhonghua is at the Xinghai Conservatory Middle School in Guangzhou.
In his spare time, he enjoys watching films, reading, billiards, swimming, and fencing.
REPERTOIRE
Round I
Bach Prelude and Fugue in C Major, BWV 870/WTC II
Wang Lisan Prelude and Fugue in A minor [circa 1980]
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35/Book I
Round II
Bach/Hess Chorale Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Beethoven Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Quasi una fantasía, Op. 27, No. 1
Medtner Sonata Tragica in C minor, Op. 39, No. 5
Round III
Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30