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July 23, 2010 7:30 PM

Piano Trio

The Grand Air Trio

Fontainebleau Music Festival, France

Beijing Premiere: Hangzhou Philharmonic performs Zhou's Grand Canal Suite at National Centre for the Performing Arts. More

Zhou Tian received the First Prize of 2009 ASCAP and Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Songs Competition. The result of the First Prize is to receive a commission to write a song cycle to be published by E.C. Schirmer. The commissioned song cycle will be performed in three major American cities.

Grammy award-winning label Cedille Records releases Zhou Tian's new work in The Billy Collins Suite, the first CD devoted to musical settings of poems by the popular U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins. The CD is available on Amazon.

Update: The Billy Collins Suite is Chicago Tribune's CD OF THE WEEK. See critic's reviews at the Store.

Zhou Tian's A Thousand Years of Good Prayers was premiered by The Green Bay Symphony under Christoph Campestrini. Of the piece, Green Bay Press-Gazette wrote "It is an appealing work that expresses an outlook on life in a story-like way….[Conductor] Campestrini called Zhou to the stage to collect his standing ovation..." More at New Music Box.

Zhou's Grand Canal Suite was performed during a nationally televised celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The complete work was premiered on Oct 11, 13 and 14, 2009 by Hangzhou Philharmonic. View concert photos.

The Grand Canal was recorded by the Guangzhou Symphony with guest soloists and released by China's top recording label Pacific Audio & Video. The 7-movement work calls for two Chinese instruments, a Chinese Opera singer, mixed chorus and full orchestra and it was commissioned by the Chinese government to celebrate the Grand Canal of China. News reports Buy CD

Award-winning marimbist Pius Cheung performs Zhou’s Blowing Westward at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, and Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. Concert reviewed by The Washington Post and The Washington Times.

Clarinetist Eugene Pook premieres Zhou's Unheard Wishes at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall

Zhou received the First Prize of 2009 Washington International Competition for Composers. Established in 1976, the composers’ competition is held every 3 years. Zhou’s winning work, Trio, was performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs Zhou Tian's First Sight for full orchestra at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA.

The Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra led by Daniel Meyer performs Zhou Tian’s work during the orchestra’s first Asia Tour. Selected Cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hong Kong.

Zhou Tian has been selected as the winner of The Symphony in C Young Composers' Competition. Zhou's winning work The Palace of Nine Perfections was performed by The Symphony in C under Rossen Milanov at Rutgers-Camden Center in Haddonfield, New Jersey.

Zhou Tian has been commissioned by Markow-Totevy Foundation for a Violin Sonata to be premiered during 2010 concert season of Curtis Institute of Music.

Zhou Tian has been commissioned by The Minnesota Orchestra for a new orchestral piece.

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You are listening to an excerpt from Zhou's Music for Orchestra performed by The Curtis Symphony Orchestra (Yumi Kendall, solo cello).
©The Curtis Institute of Music. ©Zhou Tian (ASCAP)

April 8, 2010 7:30 PM

The Grand Canal Suite (Selection)

Hangzhou Philharmonic
Conductor: Yang Yang

National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing (国家大剧院). Subsequent performances at Beijing University

July 27, 2010 7 PM
Aug 4, 2010 7 PM

Duet

Mimi Stillman, flute
Charles Abramovic, piano

Caplan Hall, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia (July). Rock Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia (Aug)