VC YOUNG ARTIST | Kevin Zhu, 19 – Paganini & Menuhin Competition 1st Prize Winner

19-year-old American violinist, Kevin Zhu, is quickly building an impressive international reputation as a prodigious young talent of enormous potential

A student of Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin at The Juilliard School, Kevin gained worldwide attention, aged just 11, after claiming 1st Prize in the Junior Division of the 2012 Menuhin Competition. He was also awarded 1st prize at the 55th Paganini International Violin Competition, in Genoa, Italy.

His recent debuts include solo engagements with the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony and solo recitals in London and New York. Upcoming performances include the complete Paganini Caprices in recital.

Kevin is a proud recipient of a prestigious Kovner Fellowship from The Juilliard School.

He currently performs on an 1722 "Lord Wandsworth" Stradivarius on generous loan from the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and the Rare Violins In Consortium.

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU | BARTOK | SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN | TEMPO DI CIACCONA | 2020

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU & ANNA GENIUSHENE | WIENIAWSKI | FANTASIA ON THEMES FROM GOUNOD'S FAUST | 2018

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU | BARTOK | SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN | FUGA. RISOLUTO, NON TROPPO VIVO | 2020

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU | PAGANINI | NEL COR PIÙ NON MI SENTO | 2018

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU | BARTOK | SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN | MELODIA. ADAGIO | 2020

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU | STRAUSS | "MORGEN" FOR SOLO VIOLIN | 2020

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU | BARTOK | SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN | PRESTO | 2020

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU & ANNA GENIUSHENE | PROKOFIEV | VIOLIN SONATA NO. 2 IN D MAJOR | 2018

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU | PAGANINI VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 | MICHAEL ZLABINGER & ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO CARLO FELICE | 2018 PAGANINI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE | 17-YEARS-OLD | TCF WEB TV

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU & ANNA GENIUSHENE | RAVEL | VIOLIN SONATA NO. 2 IN G MAJOR | 2018

 

VC YOUNG ARTIST KEVIN ZHU | BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO | MICHAEL ZLABINGER & ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO CARLO FELICE | 2018 PAGANINI INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION | 1ST PRIZE | 17-YEARS-OLD | TCF WEB TV

 

Name: Kevin Zhu

Violin: 1722 Antonio Stradivari, "Lord Wandsworth" on generous loan from the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Rare Violins In Consortium

Bow: 1830 François Tourte - on generous loan from the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Rare Violins In Consortium

Strings: G/D/A - Jargar Superior; E - Obligato goldsteel

Accessories: Kun Bravo Shoulder Rest Liebenzeller Gold Rosin | Chinrest by Claire Stefani and Gary Frisch

Teachers: Itzhak Perlman & Li Lin

School: The Juilliard School of Music 

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