In mid-August, Zhang Haochen, a 14-year-old boy who was away from his motherland for the first time, couldn't help but shed tears of homesickness on the plane to the United States, although he was accompanied by his mother. He said to his mother, "If only the plane could turn around." I also wrote a poem called Farewell.
Despite winning a $40,000 scholarship from Curtis Institute, Zhang Haochen and her mother who accompanied her to the United States still live in a tight life, and renting a house near the school alone costs more than $7,000 per academic year. What makes Zhang Haochen feel lonely is that his mother decided to return to China after spending half a year with him, so as to cultivate his independent living ability. He lived alone in America for four months.
This loneliness makes Zhang Haochen rely more on the piano to express his feelings. /kloc-completed four concertos and four recitals (90 minutes each, performed at school) in 0/0 month. Accustomed to piano genius, graffman was deeply shocked by his performance and called him "the most outstanding genius". He won the first prize in the young students' artistic talent competition organized by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, and thus won a contract with the orchestra to perform in Philadelphia in September.
"Learning from the teacher in Shenzhen is a turning point for me to learn the piano. He put forward high requirements for my timbre and delicate phrases, which made my sensitivity and grasp of music change qualitatively; Graffman's greatest requirement for me is understanding. He arranged a lot, so that I learned a lot of songs in a short time and found my own style step by step. " Zhang Haochen, who is only 15 years old, clearly described the different styles of his two mentors.
Zhang Haochen does not reject the title of "talented pianist": "I am confident that I am a piano genius, and this title is also a kind of pressure and supervision for me. The road ahead is still very long. I hope that with the increase of life experience, I can better understand the essence of music. "
At the age of five, under the exclusive sponsorship of Baosteel Elegant Art Award Fund Council, a piano solo concert for five-year-old children was successfully held in Shanghai Concert Hall, and two songs composed by 15 Bach and a complete set of sonatas by Mozart and Haydn were played, which caused a shock in the industry. It is rare in the world to hold a solo concert at such a young age and play a set of Bach's works which are extremely difficult for children.
At the age of six, he cooperated with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra conducted by Chen Xieyang and successfully played Mozart's piano concerto K467.
At the age of 7 and 9, she won the first prize in the Shanghai Piano Competition and the China Works Performance Award twice.
Since the end of 200010, piano solo concerts with the complete works of Chopin's etudes OP 10 as the main content have been successfully held in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shenyang, Nanjing and other places. I am eleven years old. Highly praised by experts such as Zhou Guangren.
In 2002, at the age of 12, he participated in the international competition for the first time-the piano won the first place in the 4th Tchaikovsky International Youth Music Competition. Become the youngest first prize winner in the history of this famous event.
In 2004, at the age of 65,438+03, she participated in the 5th Chopin International Piano Competition in Asia held in Japan. At the age of 65,438+03, she participated in the age-free concerto competition, competing with both college students and graduate students, and won the gold medal in the age-free concerto group and three additional special prizes awarded by the organizing Committee. His complete set of Chopin Etudes OP25 and Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 was highly praised by Yasinsky, chairman of the jury of the 14th Chopin International Piano Competition, calling him a real genius! And warmly invited him to perform at the Polish Music Festival.
In August, 2004, at the 49th Polish International Chopin Music Festival (the world's most famous music festival), where many world-famous pianists gathered, he played a full set of 12 Chopin etudes (0P25) and other Chopin works, which greatly shocked the masters and audiences present. Zhang Haochen made nearly ten curtain calls and added four songs to thank the audience. Polish national television conducted a special interview and report on this. Music Festival magazine said: It shocked all the masters and listeners present with its skills and the most beautiful music.
In March 2005, he went to the famous American Conservatory of Music (famous for cultivating talented young musicians) to take the Curtis entrance examination. He stood out among the 65,438+065,438+05 outstanding piano candidates in the world, and was greatly appreciated by the masters and experts present with the best results, becoming the only China player among the 65,438+06 professional students including the best students from the Central Conservatory of Music. All the teachers in the college (***6) regard it as the first student candidate. Finally, he was accepted as a disciple by the famous American piano master, piano educator and Dean Curtis graffman (Teacher Lang Lang).
In March 2006, she participated in the "Young Students" Art Talent Competition organized by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, which was sincerely appreciated by the judges composed of the artistic director, conductor and chief of the orchestra. Not only won the first place in all instrumental music (the piano player has not won an award for 8 years. ) also won the outstanding achievement award added by the organizing Committee for his incisive interpretation of Rachmaninov's second piano concerto. Therefore, he was invited by Eisenbach, a world-famous conductor, to perform with the world-famous Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in September 2006 in Philadelphia.
He has cooperated with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Children's Symphony Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra and Poland National Philharmonic Orchestra, and many concertos have been highly praised.
He has been to France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Canada, the United States, Egypt and other countries to hold concerts and performances, which have been well received.
Zhang Haochen has long paid attention to comprehensive knowledge learning and accumulation and the cultivation of good moral quality. From the first grade of a key primary school to junior high school graduation, he was awarded the title of "three good students" many times. And won a number of scholarships (first-class scholarship, government scholarship and Yamaha scholarship, etc. ) academic performance is always the first in the class. He has a wide range of interests and knowledge since he was a child. I like popular science knowledge and am addicted to "100,000 Why". When I grow up, I like China history, world history and religion, encyclopedias and literature books.
He has a rare gift for harmony. And attaches great importance to the study of music theory. 1996, he just turned 6 years old and got the "Six-level Music Theory Certificate" in Shanghai. Under the guidance of Mr. Zhong Ze, he completed the course of Harmony and Acoustics in Sposobin (Russian) in only three months. His solfeggio, basic music theory, harmony and counterpoint courses are the best in his class. He is also interested in composing music and often tries to show his skills.
Zhang Haochen became the first China player to win the Van Claiborne Piano Competition. He broke Chen Sa's best result in the 12 van cliburn competition in 2005. Zhang Haochen transferred from the primary school affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music to Shenzhen Art School, where he studied under Dan Zhao Yi. He is a student in graffman and studied under Lang Lang, Wang Yujia, Di Yun and Chen Sa.