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SUMMARY:Dan Zhu\, violin and Jean-Frédéric Neuberger\, piano
DESCRIPTION:In a programme of J. S. Bach: Sonata in E major for Violin and 
 Keyboard\, BWV 1016\, Franz Schubert: Fantasie in C major for Violin and P
 iano\, Op. posth. 159\, D 934 and Ferruccio Busoni: Sonata in E minor for 
 Violin and Piano\, Op.36a\, BV 244\nJean-Frédéric Neuburger received an 
 intense and varied musical education in piano\, organ and composition befo
 re joining the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de
  Paris in the piano class of Jean-François Heisser. On graduating from th
 e CNSM with Five « Premier Prix » he went on to study orchestral conduct
 ing and composition in Geneva with Laurent Gay and Michael Jarrell.\nAs a 
 concert pianist\, he is invited notably by the NHK Symphony Orchestra\, th
 e New-York Philharmonic\, the Berliner Philharmoniker\, the San Francisco 
 Symphony\, Orchestre de Paris\, London Philharmonic\, Bamberger Symphonike
 r. He also dedicates a large part of his performing activities to chamber 
 music with partners Bertrand Chamayou\, Augustin Dumay\, Henri Demarquette
 \, Victor Julien-Laferrière\, and to contemporary music : he has premiere
 d Philippe Manoury’s Piano concerto for piano with the Orchestre de Pari
 s\, Philippe Maintz’s Concerto with the Luxembourg Philharmonic\, as wel
 l as many new works by young composers.\nAs a composer\, his work follows 
 the path of the French composers of twentieth century\, with a strong inte
 rest for timbral evolution and literature. He is commissioned by festivals
  and orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra\, Gürzenich-Orchest
 er Köln\, Radio-France\, Evian Festival\, NDR Hamburg. His works are perf
 ormed by the Chorus and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France\, the Sin
 gapour Philharmonic\, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra\, the Boston Symphony 
 Orchestra under conductors Christoph von Dohnányi\, Alexander Briguer\, P
 ascal Rophé\, François-Xavier Roth\, Jonathan Stockhammer.\nHis recordin
 gs (Mirare) include works by Beethoven\, Bach\, Ravel\, Chopin as well as 
 less-known works as the Barraqué’s Sonata and Hérold’s piano concert
 i. Published by Durand (Universal Music Publishing)\, Jean-Frédéric Neub
 urger received the Lili and Nadia Boulanger prize from the Académie des B
 eaux Arts and the Hervé Dugardin Prize from the Sacem.\n\n\n[caption id="
 attachment_17138" align="alignleft" width="555"] Dan Zhu\, portrait by Ant
 onio Nieddu\, San Miniato 2024[/caption]\nDan Zhu is widely recognized as 
 one of the leading musicians of his generation on the international stage 
 today\, praised as “an artist of affecting humility and beautiful tone p
 roduction” by The Strad magazine\, performing internationally in North A
 merica\, Europe\, and Asia. His recent triumphant performance with the Bos
 ton Symphony at the Tanglewood Festival has been raved by the critics as "
 truly brilliant\, compelling\, and polished". He has appeared with world c
 lass orchestras under the direction of Maestros Christoph Eschenbach\, Zub
 in Mehta\, Krzysztof Penderecki\, Jacek Kaspszyk\, Uroš Lajovic\, Alexan
 der Rahbari\, En Shao\, Carl St. Clair\, Muhai Tang\, Ralf Weikert\, Long 
 Yu among many others\, and has been invited to perform at renowned festiva
 ls\, such as Salzburg Festspiele\, Verbier\, Kuhmo\, Marlboro\, Marvão\, 
 Enescu\, Schleiswig-Holstein\, Prades-Casals\, Ravinia\, and Spoleto. Dan 
 Zhu’s latest seasons highlights of duo recitals with Christoph Eschenbac
 h on Mozart and Beethoven sonata cycle at the Kennedy Center and at NCPA i
 n Beijing\; with pianist Gerhard Oppitz at Enescu Festival\; with pianist 
 Kun Woo Paik on Brahms complete sonata recital in Paris\, Hong Kong\, Flor
 ence\; solo appearance includes with Zubin Mehta and the Orchestra Maggio 
 Musicale Fiorentino\; with Camerata Salzburg at the Salzburg Festspiele\; 
 with the Philadelphia Orchestra on Tan Dun’s concerto with the composer 
 conducting the performance at Kimmel Center\; Recital at Verbier Festival\
 ; Concerto tour with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in China\; Prades-Casals ser
 ies at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées\; K.A.Hartmann &amp\; Paganini concer
 ti with Korean Chamber Orchestra at Seoul Arts Center\; China premiere of 
 Bright Sheng’s violin concerto “Let Fly” with the composer conductin
 g Hong Kong Philharmonic. As an active chamber musician\, he has collabor
 ated with pianists Philippe Entremont\, Peter Frankl\, Richard Goode\, Lan
 g Lang\, Jean-Yves Thibaudet\; other instrumentalists includes Joshua Bell
 \, Henri Demarquette\, Nobuko Imai\, Mischa Maisky\, Paul Meyer\; Julliard
  string quartet\, Guarneri quartet\, Talich quartet. His recital with Chri
 stoph Eschenbach on Schumann sonatas in Hamburg was acclaimed by Die Welt 
 as "distinctive dramaturgy of contrasts\, crystalline tones with intensity
  and sensitivity"\, recital with pianist Michel Dalberto on Mozart and Sch
 ubert’s duo works in Paris was praised as “the fluent subtlety at his 
 very ease in the score of constantly renewed imagination” by Concert Cla
 ssic. Since 2020\, together with violist Diemut Poppen and cellist Danjulo
  Ishizaka formed string trio “Trio 3D”\, their performances around Eur
 ope have been highly raved by Luzerner Zeitung.\nA native of Beijing\, Zhu
  began learning the violin at the age of four\, with the late Prof. Wang Z
 hi-Long whom was the pupil of the legendary pedagogue Yuri Yankelevich. Ma
 de his first public appearance at the age of nine\, performing Mendelssohn
 ’s violin concerto with the China National Youth Orchestra at Beijing Co
 ncert Hall. At the age of twelve he was admitted by the Central Conservato
 ry of Music in Beijing\, where he studied with Prof. Xiao-zhi Huang (whom 
 studied with Ivan Galamian in Aspen and Julliard). Four years later he was
  awarded full scholarship to study with Prof. Lucie Robert (former assista
 nt to Josef Gingold at the Indiana University) at Mannes College of Music 
 in New York\, with whom he inherited the great tradition of Franco-Belgian
  violin school of Eugène Ysaÿe. Dan Zhu made his Carnegie Hall debut wit
 h Tchaikovsky violin concerto at the age of eighteen after winning the fir
 st prize of Waldo Mayo Violin Competition for Young Talents. During his st
 udy years\, Dan Zhu has won numerous international top prizes\, Queen Elis
 abeth Competition in Brussels\, Concours musical international de Montréa
 l\, Sendai International Music Competition in Japan\, China International 
 Violin Competition. His close mentors have included Ivry Gitlis\, Gerard P
 oulet\, and Aaron Rosand. As recording artist\, Dan Zhu has appeared on se
 veral international labels\, such as BIS\, Cascavelle\, CPO\, Naxos\, Ondi
 ne\, ORF. His latest world premiere recordings of Bright Sheng’s violin 
 concerto “Let Fly” and Boris Papandopulo’s epic violin concerto\, pr
 aised  as “Mr. Zhu is most eloquent and musical\, his tone succulent”
  by the American Record Guide.\nDan Zhu has collaborated with numerous lea
 ding composers of our time on concert stages and in recordings\, including
  George Benjamin\, György Kurtág\, the late Krzysztof Penderecki and Gia
 n-Carlo Menotti\, Wolfgang Rihm\, Tan Dun\, Bright Sheng\, and Xiaogang Ye
 . He is also a dedicated member of the Nature Conservancy and the Antarcti
 c Forum in the environmental protection field\, has been on three expediti
 ons to the Antarctica\, and the first violinist in the history performed o
 n the continent in 2013.\nHis passion and dedication in teaching has broug
 ht him to give masterclass and lectures frequently at international renown
  institutions\, Sibelius Academy\, Tanglewood Festival Music Center\, Prin
 ceton University\, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts\, Fontainebleau S
 chool of Fine Arts and Music\, Scuola di Musica di Fiesole\, to name few.\
 nCurrently a violin professor at the Music Academy of Ljubljana University
  in Slovenia. Since 2021\, he is the founder and artistic director of Fest
 ival Etruscan Bloom in Florence\, Italy. Follow Dan Zhu’s music journey 
 at www.danzhumusic.com\n
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