Steinway & Sons is thrilled to present the debut album of pianist Zhu Wang. The 2024 New Orleans International Piano Competition winner has been praised 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.

“This program is a collection of pieces that have shaped my musical voice. Mozart’s music has been dear to me since I started playing the piano. Schumann’s Humoresque was a defining work during my studies at Juilliard and Curtis. The music of Bartok and Zhang Zhao have a similar vitality and energy that I adore. And Strauss/Grainger’s Ramble on the Last Love Duet is like a perfect dessert for sentiments and nostalgia. I want to invite everyone to enjoy the emotional landscape of this program and ‘resonate’ together with me.”

— Zhu Wang
 

“A superb pianist. With an unusually interesting and adventurous set of pieces, Zhu proved a thoughtful, sensitive performer.”

— The New York Times

Album Credits

Resonance - Mozart, Schumann, Bartók, Zhang Zhao, Strauss-Grainger / Zhu Wang • STNS 30263

Release Date: 01/02/2026

Recorded July 29 - 30, 2025 at Skillman Music, New York City.

Producer: Wei Wang

Engineers: Wei Wang, Scott Chiu
Mixing and Mastering: Wei Wang

Executive Producers: Eric Feidner, Jon Feidner, Vivian Chiu

Art Direction: Jackie Fugere

Design: Cover to Cover Design, Anilda Carrasquillo

Photography: Kevin W. Condon

Project Coordinator: Renée Oakford

Piano Technician: Jeremy Hoffeld

Piano: Steinway Model D #626790

About the Artist

Praised as “especially impressive” and “a thoughtful, sensitive performer” who “balanced lyrical warmth and crisp clarity” (Tommasini–The New York Times), pianist Zhu Wang was awarded First Prize in the 2020 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions and was the Gold Medalist of the 2024 New Orleans International Piano Competition. Zhu was one of the finalists in the 2019 Clara Haskil International Piano Competition and one of the prizewinners of 2024 Cleveland International Piano Competition. 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. 

Celebrated for his “technical mastery and deep sense of lyricism” (The Durango Herald), Zhu has appeared in recital at Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, Southampton Rising Stars, Music at Dumbarton Oaks, The Morgan Library & Museum, Hayden’s Ferry Chamber Music Series, Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Broman Concert Series at Mary Baldwin University, Tuesday Matinee at Kaufman Music Center,  Buffalo Chamber Music Society, Salon de Virtuosi, and Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, which made The New York Times’ “Best of Classical Music 2021” list. 

Recent performances include appearing as soloist with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium, Columbus, Kansas City, Spokane, Memphis, and Richmond Symphony Orchestras.

An avid chamber musician, Zhu has appeared in series such as Chamber Music Detroit, Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Vancouver Recital Society, La Jolla Music Society, Stanford Live, Hamilton College, Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival, Howland Chamber Music Series, Chesapeake Music Festival, Clarion Concerts, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Big Arts in Sanibel Island, Concerts International in Memphis, Tennessee, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Zhu is an alumnus of Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School, Bravo! Vail, Caramoor’s Evnin Rising Stars, Music@Menlo International Program, and he regularly appears in chamber music recitals with violinist Randall Goosby.

A native of Hunan Province, China, Zhu started learning piano at the age of five, following his grandfather’s love of music. Zhu is a graduate of Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School and received the Gina Bachauer Scholarship, Mieczyslaw Munz Scholarship, and Mehlin Prize. His teachers include Mikhail Voskerensky, Emanuel Ax, Robert McDonald, and Zhe Tang. He gratefully acknowledges the support of the Bagby Foundation for the Musical Arts. Zhu currently lives in New York City with his wife Chloe and their beloved three cats, Chaz, Tùzi and Jǔzi. 

About Steinway & Sons label

The STEINWAY & SONS music label produces exceptional albums of solo piano music across all genres. The label — a division of STEINWAY & SONS, maker of the world’s finest pianos — is a perfect vessel for producing the finest quality recordings by some of the most talented pianists in the world.