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April 5-9, 2010 Beijing Premiere: Hangzhou Philharmonic performs Zhou's Grand Canal Suite at National Centre for the Performing Arts. Subsequent performances at Beijing University. More
Nov 15, 2009
The result of the First Prize is to receive a commission to write a song cycle to be published by E.C. Schirmer. The commissioned song cycle will be performed in three major American cities. Zhou's winning work, "A Crown for Sonia" for Soprano, Cello and Piano was based on a poem by Seth Michelson. It is about the military killings in Argentina during the political turbulence in the 1970s. Oct 27, 2009
Update: The Billy Collins Suite is Chicago Tribune's CD OF THE WEEK!
Zhou Tian's symphonic poem A Thousand Years of Good Prayers was premiered by The Green Bay Symphony under Christoph Campestrini. Of the piece, Green Bay Press-Gazette wrote "It is an appealing 10-minute work that expresses an outlook on life in a story-like way….[Conductor] Campestrini called Zhou to the stage to collect his standing ovation..."
Zhou Tian's Symphonic Suite: The Grand Canal was selected as the opening work at the Opening Ceremony of Zhejiang International Cultural & Art Festival in China. The complete work will be premiered on Oct 11, 13 and 14, by Hangzhou Philharmonic under conductor Yang Yang. View concert photos.
FILM RELEASE: Eternal Beloved hit No.5 in the box office in the first week of release in China. Zhou Tian's score received high praise from the media nation-wide. Eternal Beloved was directed by Faye Yu and starrs Faye Yu and Duan Yihong. The DVD of the film is scheduled to be released on Oct 30, 2009.
June 10, 2009 CD RELEASE: Zhou Tian's Symphonic Suite: The Grand Canal was recorded by the Guangzhou Symphony with guest soloists and released by China's largest recording label Pacific Audio & Video. The 45-minute work is scored for two Chinese instruments, a Chinese Opera singer, mixed chorus and full orchestra and was commissioned by Hangzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles to celebrate the Grand Canal of China. See news reports.
Award-winning marimbist Pius Cheung performs Zhou Tian’s Blowing Westward at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, and Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. Concert reviewed by The Washington Post and The Washington Times. April 9, 2009 Clarinetist Eugene Pook premieres Zhou's Unheard Wishes at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Zhou Tian received the First Prize of 2009 Washington International Competition for Composers. Established in 1976, the composers’ competition is held every 3 years. Zhou’s winning work, Trio, will be performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2009.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs Zhou Tian's First Sight for full orchestra. December 9-12, 2008, at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra led by Daniel Meyer performs Zhou Tian’s The Palace of Nine Perfections during the orchestra’s first Asia Tour. June 16-30, 2008. Selected Cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Hong Kong. View Schedule.
Zhou Tian has been commissioned by the Green Bay Commission Club to write a work to be premiered by the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, Bridget-Michaele Reischl, Music Director. A composition for full orchestra, the work will premiere during the Orchestra's 2009/10 season. View Press Release at New Music Box.
Zhou Tian has been selected as the winner of The Symphony in C Young Composers' Competition 2007-08. Zhou's winning work The Palace of Nine Perfections will be performed by The Symphony in C under Rossen Milanov on March 1, 2008 at Rutgers-Camden Center in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Zhou Tian has been commissioned by Markow-Totevy Foundation for a Violin Sonata to be premiered during 2009 concert season of Curtis Institute of Music.
Zhou Tian received 2007 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award.
Zhou Tian has been commissioned by The Minnesota Orchestra for a new orchestral piece to be premiered on Oct 23, 24 and 28, 2007. April 30, 2007
Performance of Was, a String Quartet created for the Juilliard Dance with choreography by Kendra Samson. Concert version: April 30, 2007 at 8pm. Paul Hall, The Juilliard School. Free Admission. 60 Lincoln Center Plaza.For more info please dial (212) 799-5000 or contact The Juilliard School.
April 28, 2007
Performance of Morning after the Deluge and Prism by musicians from the Juilliard School. Saturday, April 28 2007, 2PM. The Chelsea Art Museum, New York. For more information please log on to Chelseaartmuseum.org/ or contact (212) 255-0719.
March 10, 2007
Performance of The Palace of Nine Perfections by The St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, conducted by William Schrickel. Saturday, March 10, 2007, 7:30 PM. Paramount Theatre, St. Cloud, Minnesota. For more information please log on to www.stcloudsymphony.com or contact (651) 645-4283.
February 11, 2007
Performance of Trio by The Bakken Trio on February 11, 2007 2pm. The Historic Hamm Buliding, 408 Saint Peter, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102. For more information please log on to www.bakkentrio.org or contact 612-767-5310.
Dec 8, 2006
Three world premieres of Was, a String Quartet created for the Juilliard Dance. Choreography by Kendra Samson. Dec 8, 2006 at 8pm; Dec 9 at 3pm and 8pm. Peter J. Sharp Theater, The Juilliard School. Free Admission. 60 Lincoln Center Plaza.New York, NY 10023. For more info please dial (212) 799-5000 or contact The Juilliard School.
Dec 2, 2006
World premiere of Duo Concertante by "Gang of Two" on Dec 2, 2006, 5:30pm. Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall 881 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019. For more information please log on to www.carnegiehall.org
Sep 9, 2006
Zhou Tian has been appointed Composer-In-Residence for Music In the Loft in Chicago for its 2007-08 season. The residency includes a commission for a new work for The Jupiter Quartet (world premiere Nov 2007), and performances of other recent works by The Biava Quartet and The Jupiter Trio. For more information please visit www.musicintheloft.org; www.jupiterquartet.com/; www.biavaquartet.com; www.jupitertrio.org/ August 5, 2006
The West Coast premiere of Zhou Tian's Poem From A Vanished Time by The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, conducted by Neal Stulberg. August 5, 2006 at 7pm, Burton Chace Park, West end of Mindanao Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292. The concert features guest artists Bill Cunliffe on piano, Eddie Daniels on clarinet, Tom Scott on saxohone, and Amanda McBroom, vocals and conductor Justin DiCioccio. For more information please log on to www.manciniinstitute.org or contact 1-888-HMI-1903. Zhou Tian is a composition fellowship at the The Henry Mancini Institute.
Recording session of Zhou Tian's six works for Violin and Orchestra in Pacific Audio Visual Inc., Guangzhou, China. The album features violinist Cindy Chen and Guangzou Elite Symphony. Sessions were taken place in Guangzhou Radio Station and Studio 1 of Pacific Audio Visual Inc. All six works were written/arranged and prodcued by Zhou Tian. The album will be released in Asia this Fall.
May 9-11, 2006
Zhou Tian's The Palace of Nine Perfections was read by The Minnesota Orchestra under Osmo Vanska. This is part of The Minnesota Orchestra Reading Sessions and Composer Institute 2006. Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403. For more information please log on to http://www.mnorch.org
New York premiere of Zhou Tian's Morning after the Deluge, featuring soloists Mingzhao Zhou (violin) and Vicky Chow (piano). April 12, 2006 at 8pm, Morse Hall, The Juilliard School. For more information please log on to www.juilliard.edu or contact (212) 799-5000.
Zhou Tian has been selected by Minnesota Orchestra for its 2005-6 Reading Sessions and Composer Institute.The sessions with the Minnesota Orchestra will take place at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis in May, 2006. For more information please visit MinnesotaOrchestra.org
Zhou Tian's Rhyme for Violoncello solo was premiered by cellist Earl Lee on Nov 28, 2005 in Paul Hall of The Juilliard School.
Hear Zhou Tian's Duet for Flute and Piano, played by renowned flautist Jeffrey Khaner and pianist Hugh Sung on WHYY (91FM) on Sep 11, 2005 at 8 p.m. The program is available for listening online at www.whyy.org/91FM/live May 26, 2005
Zhou Tian received 2005 ASCAP FOUNDATION MORTON GOULD YOUNG COMPOSER AWARDS.
Zhou Tian's Graduation recital at the Curtis Institute of Music. The concert features violinist Xi Chen, pianist Yuja Wang and Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra. More April 1, 2005
Zhou Tian was selected to The American Composers Orchestra's 2005 Underwood New Music Readings, held on May 5 and 6, 2005 in NYC. For more information please visit Americancomposers.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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