Zhang Haochen

Since his gold medal win at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009, Zhang Haochen has captivated audiences with a unique combination of deep musical sensitivity, fearless imagination, and spectacular virtuosity. In 2022, Haochen's collection of essays on classical music entitled On the Other Side of Performing was published in Mainland China. In 2023, Haochen released his latest album on BIS, performing Liszt's Transcendental Études which was awarded Gramophone's “Recording of the Month”, and graced the cover of International Piano.

In recent seasons, he has collaborated with renowned orchestras such as the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra, London Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, Filarmonica della Scala, Mariinsky Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic and so on. His performances have reached many of the world's prestigious music venues, including the Berliner Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Royal Albert Hall, Concertgebouw, Teatro alla Scala, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Suntory Hall. He has performed with conductors including Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Chailly, Valery Gergiev, Michael Tilson Thomas, Myung-Whun Chung, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Tugan Sokhiev, Long Yu, and others.

Highlights of Haochen's 2024-25 season include his returns to the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and a project of performing Rachmaninov’s complete piano concertos as Artist-in-Residence at China's National Centre for the Performing Arts.

Haochen studied with the esteemed Professor Dan Zhaoyi in his early years. He later continued his studies with Gary Graffman and Andreas Haefliger.