Weicong Zhang

Pianist Weicong Zhang, a native of Shanghai, has shared the stage with many distinguished artists, including violinists Pierre Amoyal, Ning Feng, Bing Huang, Albert Markov, Ian Swensen, violists Nobuko Imai, Lars Anders Tomter, Matthias Buchholz, Teng Li, cellist Wen-Sinn Yang, Haiye Ni, Martti Rousi, Reinhard Latzko, flutist Emmanuel Pahud, Henrik Wiese, clarinetist Thorsten Johanns, trumpet player Matthias Höfs.

She has toured in the United States and Canada, performing at the Stern Auditorium at the Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Vancouver Playhouse etc. Since she returned to China in 2008, she has performed in almost every major venue such as China National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing Concert Hall, Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai Symphony Concert Hall, Jiangsu Grand Theater, Guangzhou Xinhai Concert Hall, Xian Concert Hall, Wuhan Qintai Concert Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Hongkong Cultural Center.  Ms. Zhang has been guest artist in Morningside Music Bridge, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Young Euro Classic Festival Ensemble, Beijing International Music Festival, Shanghai Conservatory of Music and San Francisco Conservatory of Music International Chamber music Festival and International Violin Master classes and Sonata Competition of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. She was also collaborative pianist for three Piatigorsky Seminars in Los Angeles. She gave masterclasses in collaborative piano and chamber music at Manhattan School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, The Middle School affiliated with Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Xian Conservatory of Music and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music. Her recording with violinist Feng Ning “ French Violin Sonatas and Miniatures” was released in 2020.

Ms. Zhang received her bachelor degree at UT Austin and both master degree and doctoral degree in collaborative piano from Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Dr. Heasook Rhee.  Ms. Zhang taught piano solo and chamber music at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Currently she is teaching chamber music at Tianjin Juilliard School Precollege.