Ethan Zheng, 16, piano

March 11, 2023, 11:00 am

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Today on Introductions, Ethan Zheng of Lake Zurich, a piano student of Marta Aznavoorian. His recital features the music of Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Chen Yi, and Sergei Prokofiev.



Ethan Zheng, 16, is a junior at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. He is a Scholarship Fellow at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. He started playing the piano at the age of 5 and has won numerous top prizes in competitions, including the Walgreens National Concerto Competition, U.S. New Star Piano Competition, United States International Music Competition, Young Baroque Artists Competition in Champaign-Urbana and Sejong Music Competition. Ethan has taken masterclasses with Ning An, Michael Brown, Stephen Pierce and Frank Wiens.

Aside from playing the piano, Ethan is also a passionate clarinet player, and is a member of Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ top orchestra. He has also been selected as a clarinetist of the ILMEA All-State Honors Band in 2022 as well as All-State Honors Orchestra in 2023. Ethan is an active keyboardist of his school’s Baroque Ensemble and Jazz Combo. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer and chess.

Playlist

Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2

Frédéric Chopin: Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 6, “Thirds”

Frédéric Chopin: Etude in B minor, Op. 25, No. 10, “Octaves”

Chen Yi: Guessing

Frédéric Chopin: Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, No. 1

Sergei Prokofiev: Suggestion diabolique, Op. 4, No. 4

Some music is not available in the podcast version for copyright reasons.