Composer Zhou Tian’s music has been played by the Minnesota Orchestra (under Osmo Vänskä), American Composers Orchestra (under Paul Dunkel), the Metropolitan Symphony (under William Schrickel), the St. Cloud Symphony, Pittsburgh Youth Symphony, Symphony in C (formerly the Haddonfield Symphony), Curtis Symphony, Guangzhou Symphony, the Biava Quartet, the Arditti Quartet, the New Fromm Quartet, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Zhou is a three-time ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composer Award winner and recipient of Composition Fellowships from the Tanglewood, Aspen, Fontainebleau and Henry Mancini Music Festivals. Zhou’s recent premieres include First Sight, commissioned and premiered by the Minnesota Orchestra under Sarah Hatsuko Hicks.

Born in 1981 in the city of Hangzhou, China, Zhou holds a Bachelor of Music from The Curtis Institute of Music, a Master of Music from The Juilliard School, and he is currently studying for his Doctoral degree at USC Thornton School of Music. Zhou's private teachers have included Jennifer Higdon, Richard Danielpour, Christopher Rouse, and Stephen Hartke (composition), and Meng-Chieh Liu (piano).

Zhou's current projects include a flute sonata commissioned by Jeffrey Khaner, the principle flautist of Philadelphia Orchestra, a string quartet for The Jupiter String Quartet commissioned by Music In the Loft, where Zhou serves as Composer-in-Residence for the 2007-08 season, and a new orchestral piece commissioned by The Green Bay Symphony, where Zhou will serve as Composer-in-Residence for the 2009-10 season.

Please note: Zhou Tian (pronounced: Jo T’yen)'s family name is Zhou;
his given name is Tian. He goes by Tian.

Short Biography

Printable Bio in PDF

Works

Contact

Hi-res Photos

www.ZhouTian.org

©2004-2008 Bbear & Zhou Tian
All rights reserved.