Tuesday Matinees: Randall Goosby, violin & Zhu Wang, piano
$20
- Randall Goosby, violin
- Zhu Wang, piano
William Grant Still — Suite for Violin and Piano
Edvard Grieg — Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
A 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, violinist Randall Mitsuo Goosby has appeared as guest soloist with numerous orchestras throughout the U.S. since winning First Prize at the Annual Sphinx Concerto Competition in 2010 at age 13. Shortly after winning the Sphinx Competition, Randall was invited to appear as part of the New York Philharmonic’s prestigious Young People’s Concert series at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. A First Prize Winner in the 2018 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Goosby has performed as a soloist throughout the U.S. and has appeared with the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and the New World Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Praised for his “technical mastery and deep sense of lyricism” (The Durango Herald), pianist Zhu Wang has been honored by many international awards including first prize at the 2nd Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians, and special prizes in the 5th International Chopin Young Artist Piano Competition and in the 16th Asian Chopin International Piano Competition in Japan. At Juilliard he won the Juilliard Gina Bachauer International Scholarship Piano Competition and received Mieczyslaw Munz Scholarship.
About Randall Goosby, violin
Signed exclusively to Decca Classics in 2020 at the age of 24, American violinist Randall Goosby is acclaimed for the sensitivity and intensity of his musicianship alongside his determination to make music more inclusive and accessible, as well as bringing the music of under-represented composers to light.
https://randallgoosby.com/About Zhu Wang, piano
Praised by the New York Times as "a superb pianist" and "a thoughtful, sensitive performer," pianist Zhu Wang was awarded First Prize in the 2020 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions. In 2019, Zhu was finalist in the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition, and he has been a featured soloist on WQXR’s Young Artist Showcase and WFMT’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts. The world-renowned pianist Fou Ts’ong recognized Zhu as an "excellent pianist with a natural sense of harmony and imagination" whose sensitive and engaging performances exhibit a remarkable depth of musicianship and poise beyond his age. His Carnegie Hall debut made The New York Times' "Best of Classical Music 2021" list.
Zhu started learning piano at the age of five. He is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and of The Juilliard School. Zhu is currently pursuing his Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Emanuel Ax and Robert McDonald. He gratefully acknowledges the support of the Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts.
https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/about/artists/piano/zhu-wang/