Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts Presents: Max Tan, violin; Zhu Wang, piano

Artist(s)

Praised as "eloquent" by The New York Times and "warmly rhapsodic" by The Boston Globe, violinist Max Tan, the recipient of the 2023 Gershen Cohen Violin Award, and a semifinalist at the 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition, is a Harvard alumnus and current doctoral candidate at Juilliard, after received his Masters and Artist Diploma degrees from the Juilliard School. He is an assistant faculty at the Juilliard Pre-College.

Praised as “especially impressive” and “a thoughtful, sensitive performer” who “balanced lyrical warmth and crisp clarity” (The New York Times), pianist Zhu Wang was awarded First Prize in the 2020 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. He is also the first prize winner of the 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, and he has been a featured soloist on WQXR’s Young Artist Showcase and WFMT’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts.