Tengyue Zhang
2017 Winner Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition
Sunday, April 14, 2019
4:00 PM
St. Luke's Church
232 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503
Tickets at the door
Admission $15 / Students $10
Born in Hebei, China, Tengyue (TY) Zhang began to study classical guitar with his father at the age of five. At seven he was introduced to Professor Chen Zhi studying with him at the Music School attached to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 2012, he was accepted by Julliard to the undergraduate program. With six years of study under Sharon Isbin, he received his Bachelor of Music in 2016 and his Masters in music in 2018.
In 2017, (TY) received First Prize in the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America International Concert Artist Competition. He also acquired First Prize at competitions in Austria, China, Russia and the U.S. including the GFA International Competition, Senior Division; Forum Gitarre Wien International Youth Competition, Austria; Changsha International Competition;
Schadt String Competition 2017 and Alexander Frauchi International Competition 2017, Moscow.
TY has given recitals in Vienna, Serbia, China and the U.S. His 2017 performance for the New York Guitar Festival was broadcast on WQXR radio. His GFA award takes him on a concert tour of over 50 cities in North America and includes his recital debut in Carnegie Weill Hall with additional concerts in Europe, South America and his native China. TY performed Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez in 2018 with the Allentown Symphony. An award from the Frauchi Competition brought him recital/concerto tours in Russia. With the goal of sharing his love of music through guitar in every piece he plays, TY’s concert repertoire is filled with diverse cross-genre music he loves. His debut CD was released on Naxos in June 2018 and includes works by Bach, Scarlatti, Brouwer, Assad, Tansman and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
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