Zhihua Tang
Pianist Zhihua Tang has enjoyed an active performing career worldwide, praised for her versatility and artistry. She has collaborated with some of today’s leading musicians, including violinists Joshua Bell, Shmuel Ashkenasi, Yuval Yaron, Robert Chen, Yoonshin Song and Emmanuelle Boisvert, cellists Robert deMaine and Haiye Ni and flutists Maxim Rubtsov and Jeff Zook, among others. Her chamber music partners have included principal players from such major orchestras as the New York, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras and the Chicago, Philadelphia and Cincinnati Orchestras. Since 2011, she has performed frequently with Detroit Symphony Orchestra. In May 2013, she appeared in Carnegie Hall with the DSO under Leonard Slatkin as part of Carnegie Hall’s annual Spring for Music Festival. She has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Detroit Civic Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, Indiana University Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Ballet Orchestra, and Shanghai Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra. As a recitalist, she has performed extensively across Europe, the U.S., and Asia in major music venues such as Bösendorfer Hall in Vienna, Rackham Hall in Ann Arbor, Detroit Orchestra Hall, Beijing Zhongshan Music Hall, and the Shanghai Centre Theatre.
A native of Shanghai, China, Zhihua Tang began her piano studies at the age of five with her father. She attended the Shanghai Conservatory, received her Master of Music degree from Indiana University studying with Menahem Pressler, and completed her DMA degree from Michigan State University. Tang was the top prize winner of the Beethoven Sonata Competition in Memphis, Tennessee, the Central Division of the MTNA Collegiate Artist Competition, and the Chopin Competition in Chicago. She has also received an honorable mention at the XII International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
Zhihua Tang has held teaching positions at Alma College, Central Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University and the University of North Dakota. She has been frequently invited to give performances and master classes throughout the United States and China.
