RECITAL

Merkin Hall
Young Concert Artists Series

Ziyu Shen - viola
Jessica Osborne - Piano


Brahms - Sonatensatz (Scherzo in C minor from the F-A-E Sonata)
Rebecca Clarke - Sonata for viola and paino
Prokofiev - from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Quingwu Guan - Mongolian Song
Brahms - Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1

“Teenager Ziyu Shen is already making her mark on the music scene. Her recital at London’t Royal Festival Hall won a standing ovation.”        – Isle of Man Courier

17-year-old violist Ziyu Shen began to play the violin at age of four and switched to the viola at the age of 12 while studying with Li Sheng at the Music School affiliated with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. At the age of 14, Miss Zhen won First Prize at the Johansen International Competition for Young String Players in Washington, D.C. and the next year, won First Place in the Chamber Music Competition of Morningside Bridge Chamber Music Competition in Canada. At 15, she won First Prize in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, setting a new record for the youngest winner ever. She won the 2014 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and was awarded YCA’s Sander Buchman Prize, which provides major support for her New York debut, and a recital appearance at the University of Florida Performing Arts.