Angie Zhang, piano

Angie Zhang, 15, studies piano with Yoheved Kaplinsky and cello with Andre Emelianoff at the Juilliard School Pre-College. At age 10, Angie started to perform with orchestras as a piano soloist. She has appeared as a piano soloist with Ensemble 212 under Yoon Jae Lee, the Juilliard Pre-College Symphony under George Stelluto, Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Olympia Symphony Orchestra under Huw Edwards, and the Portland Young Artist Orchestra under Niel DePonte.

Major competitions include the winner of the Nordmann Scholarship Piano Competition in the Juilliard Pre-College (2011), a first prize winner in the Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition in New York (2008), the winner of the Juilliard Pre-College Concerto Competition (2008), the winner of Ensemble 212 Young Artist Competition in New York (2008), and the winner of Young Artists Concerto Competition in Oregon (2006). Angie has given piano solo recitals in ShenZhen, China; Portland, Oregon; Aspen, Colorado; and Paul Hall at Juilliard in New York City. Angie has attended the Aspen Music Festival and School.

Angie has been performing chamber music since age eight. Her trio in Juilliard has performed at Paul Hall, Morse Hall, and Alice Tully Hall. Her chamber music teachers have included Masao Kawasaki, Victoria Mushkatkol, Cornelia Heard, Danielle Farina, and Joseph Kalichstein.

Before entering Juilliard, Angie studied with Dorothy Fahlman in Portland, Oregon. Her past teachers have included her mother Helen Wang, Grace Chen, and Julian Martin. She has had masterclasses with Paul Roberts, Leon Fleisher, Yong Hi Moon, and Jerome Lowenthal.

Angie currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey. She goes to West-Windsor Plainsboro High School South. She is the principal cellist of her school orchestra. In her spare time, she enjoys swimming, running, reading, traveling, and going on roller coasters.