Violinist Mingzhao Zhou began studying violin at age four under her father's guidance. At age eight, she received critical acclaim as a prodigy when she appeared as soloist with the Szechuan Symphony Orchestra performing Mozart Violin Concerto in D Major and Bach Violin Concerto in A Minor in one concert.

Miss Zhou holds music degrees from the Shanghai Conservatory, the Mannes College of Music and the Juilliard School. Her private violin teachers have included Lucie Robert and Robert Mann. She has participated as a soloist in master classes held by renowned violinists such as Ruggiero Ricci, Cho-Liang Lin, and Pamela Frank. She has been a member of the UBS Verbier Festival Youth Orchestra in Switzerland and served as the concertmaster of Mannes Orchestra for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons.

She has won the first prize in the Cythia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition in Houston, first prize in the Mannes Violin Concerto Competition, third prize in the Bergen Philharmonic Concerto Competition and the Barbara Krauker Scholarship Award.

Recent highlights of her solo performances include: Stravinsky Violin Concerto with the Mannes Orchestra, Beethoven Romances with the Camerata New York Orchestra, Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Texas Music Festival Orchestra and Franck Violin Sonata on the Houston Public Radio.

Miss Zhou served as a violinist in the San Diego Symphony and is currently a member of the Albany Symphony.

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青年小提琴家周明昭四岁跟随其父学琴，八岁即登台演奏莫扎特及巴赫两部协奏曲，获得赞誉。她先后毕业于上海音乐学院附小、附中，美国曼内斯音乐学院（学士）和茱利亚音乐学院（硕士），师从于著名小提琴家罗伯特－曼和露西－罗曼。

周明昭曾获美国休士顿辛西亚伍兹米歇儿青年音乐家比赛第一名、曼内斯音乐学院协奏曲比赛第一名、贝儿根爱乐乐团青年音乐家比赛第三名，年纽约芭芭拉克莱克儿杰出青年音乐家奖及年纽约艺术基金会颁发的年度音乐家奖金。她曾任曼内斯交响乐团首席小提琴，并先后就职于圣地亚哥交响乐团和纽约首府的奥尔巴尼交响乐团。

Excerpt from Grand Canal Symphonic Suite. Mingzhao Zhou, Solo Violin. Reload
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