Niu Niu

Niu Niu may be the nickname of Chinese language pianist Zhang Shengliang, a prodigy who began monitoring music at age group 3. He produced his first general public appearance at 6, playing a Mozart sonata and a Chopin etude. After shifting to Shanghai at 8, he was asked to wait the Shanghai Conservatory, where he became the youngest college student ever enrolled there. While his 1st instructor was his dad, Niu Niu became students of Hung-Kuan Chen at the brand new Britain Conservatory in Boston. In 2006, he produced a significant profession move by carrying out at Wigmore Hall, and the next year he performed Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in London, beneath the path of Leslie Howard. In 2007, at age group 9, he authorized a agreement with EMI, and documented his debut recording, Niu Niu has Mozart, that was released in 2008. After touring China and Japan, Niu Niu released a documenting of Chopin’s etudes, and this year 2010, he gained the Prix Montblanc for some talented young musician. In 2012, he documented an record of Liszt transcriptions for EMI.