Haochen Zhang is delighted to announce the release of his first studio album on February 10, 2017 on BIS Records. The album features works by Schumann, Liszt, Janácek, and Brahms.
Haochen reflects on his new release saying:
"This album consists of works which not only speak to me in a very intimate way, but also connect with one another at a corresponding level of intimacy: as a whole they form a unique musical narrative. Although I have always been keen to learn and perform all genres and styles, I feel irresistibly drawn to music of a reflective and introspective nature. This is perhaps in part due to the inward-looking aspect of the classical culture of my home country which has fascinated me since childhood, and also to the innate introverted side of my personality."
On November 13, Haochen Zhang launches a tour of Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra led by Yang Yang in Prague. Other stops on the tour to include Italy (Modena and Faenza), Austria (Klagenfurt), and Germany (München). The tour is book-ended by two other European performances: a recital at the Emilia Romagna Festival in Italy on November 11 and a performance of the Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 4 with Orquesta Sinfonica Del Principado de Asturias conducted by Rossen Milanov in Spain on November 25.
On September 4 Haochen Zhang opens the Macao Orchestra’s 2015/16 season, playing Liszt Concerto no. 1 with their Music Director Lu Jia, before re-joining them on their European tour in Linz, Budapest and Erl.
On September 6 he celebrates the first concert in his season as Artist in Residence with the Hangzhou Philharmonic performing Beethoven Concerto no. 3.
After his successful Prokofiev 2 with Gergiev and the Mariinsky in Beijing in December, Haochen Zhang starts 2015 with his LA Philharmonic debut -- 3 Chinese New Year concerts under the baton of Maestro Xian Zhang playing Tan Dun and Chopin.
On August 1, Haochen Zhang will make his debut at the Verbier Festival playing Scarlatti, Beethoven, Debussy, Brahms and Bartok.
