Van Cliburn gold medalist to perform at Purdue
At the age of 19, pianist Haochen Zhang won a Gold Medal at the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition. He was the youngest participant in the competition. Zhang will perform March 31 at Purdue. (Photo provided)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Haochen Zhang will perform a piano recital at 7:30 p.m. March 31 in Purdue University's Loeb Playhouse.
This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations.
At the age of 19, Zhang won a Gold Medal at the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition. He was the youngest participant in the competition. Zhang also was the youngest winner of the 2007 China International Piano Competition.
He has performed with every major orchestra in China, as well as with the Krakow State Philharmonic in Poland, and the San Francisco Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra in the United States. Now in high demand, Zhang has appeared in major venues and cities including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Wolf Trap Discovery Series, and the La Jolla Music Festival.
Zhang's Purdue recital is part of a weeklong collaborative residency that also includes a concerto performance with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra April 2. For more information on Zhang's concerto appearance, visit lafayettesymphony.org
All tickets are $12 and are available at the Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices at 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster outlets.
Purdue Convocations presents a broad array of performances each year at Purdue University, encompassing jazz, dance, comedy, drama, Broadway productions, and classical and contemporary concerts. Convocations also enables artists to visit area classrooms, welcomes schools for special matinee performances, encourages campus professors to integrate performances into their varied curricula, and helps teachers receive arts-integrative professional development.
Since 1985, donors to Purdue Convocations – known as Friends of Convocations – have contributed more than $6.3 million to support educational outreach and 733 performances at Purdue. In June, Purdue Convocations will conclude a four-year fundraising campaign to raise $2.5 million to continue these programs.
Source: Abby Eddy, (765) 494-5045, aeeddy@purdue.edu
Related websites:
Van Cliburn winner profile