Zhihua Tang, piano



Zhihua Tang was born in Shanghai, China and studied at Shanghai conservatory, Eastern Michigan University (Bachelor of Music), Indiana University (Master of Music), University of Michigan, Michigan State University (Doctorate of Musical Arts, current) and during the summer, the Aspen Music Festival and Banff International Keyboard Festival. Her teachers include Deborah Moriarty, Martin Katz, Menahem Pressler and Dady Mehta. In addition, she has been a frequent performer in master classes conducted by distinguished pianists such as Joseph Kalichstein, Mark Durrand, Anton Querti, John Perry, Russell Sherman and Paul Badura Skoda.

Since coming to USA, Tang has enjoyed a successful solo career. In 2005, she placed second at the Beethoven Sonata Competition in Memphis, Tennessee. Her other achievements as a soloist include winning the Concerto Competition at Indiana University in 1999, which later led to performances with the Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with Chicago Sinfonietta conducted by Maestro Paul Freeman. Tang was also the winner of the Central Division of the MTNA Collegiate Artist Competition (1995) and the Chopin Competition in Chicago (sponsored by Kosciuszko Foundation in 1994).

Tang has an extensive solo and chamber repertory. Over the past decade she has appeared in concerts across U.S., Europe (Vienna, Warsaw, Vevey), and Asia. Her chamber music performances have included collaborations with renowned musicians as Hai-Ye Ni, principal cellist for Philadelphia Orchestra, Haixin Wu, assistant concertmaster for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Professor Yuval Yaron at Indiana University and Molly Fillmore, principal mezzo-soprano soloist of the Oper der Stadt Köln.

She has served on the piano faculty at Department of Music, University of North Dakota, Department of Music, Eastern Michigan University and as a vocal coach at Aspen Opera Theatre Centre.