Zee Zee - Journey (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

An imaginative and electrifying performer, Zee Zee, is unique among the young generation of pianists. Described as “full of enthusiasm and glamour, radiating the vigor of youth” (Chinese Gramophone), her interpretations and communicative abilities have been praised as “taking us to another reality… bright, expressive and moving to the extreme” (Belgischer Rundfunk), while her creative maturity has been hailed as “a powerful, passionate and compelling representation of pure artistry” (Los Angeles Times).

Highlights in the recent seasons including the season-opening concert with the Estonian National Symphony under Neeme Järvi, with the Macedonian Philharmonic, with the China Philharmonic at Beijing Music Festival, with the Philharmonia orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall under Paavo Järvi, 2 times with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the complete piano concertos of Beethoven and of Saint-Saëns with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Amid the pandemic, Zee Zee gave a recital tour in China, Singapore (Esplanade), and had her recital debut at the prestigious Lucerne Festival in summer 2021. In October 2019, Universal releases her first album, featuring Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G and Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Paavo Järvi and the Philharmonia Orchestra, the second one, a solo album <journey> featuring works from Wagner, Schönberg and Liszt will be released in 2022.

In the past seasons Zee Zee performed Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich both in Zurich and at the Shanghai Arts Festival, and Ravel’s Concerto in G with the NHK Symphony Orchestra at the Hong Kong Arts Festival; both projects were led by Paavo Järvi. Besides that, she has performed with leading orchestras worldwide such as the BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Belgian National Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, among others.

Zee Zee regularly works with some of today’s leading conductors, including Marin Alsop, Charles Dutoit, Alondra de la Parra, Domingo Hindoyan, Michał Nesterowicz, Jun Märkl, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Paavo Järvi, Neeme Järvi and Xian Zhang.

She has given a number of notable recitals, including at the Wigmore Hall in London, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Lincoln Center in New York, Vancouver Recital Society and Hong Kong’s Premiere Performances, and has appeared at festivals such as MiTo Festival (Italy), the Gilmore Festival (Kalamazoo, Michigan), Aspen Music Festival and the SJE Arts Series (Oxford, UK). Zee Zee was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2013-2015. In 2014 she performed at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms.

A passionate chamber musician, Zee Zee also regularly performs with the Z.E.N. Trio, alongside violinist Esther Yoo and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan. The trio tours regularly throughout the world, they made their first US tour in October 2019, and will tour in Australia in summer 2022.

Zee Zee began her musical training in Germany at the age of five. Upon returning to her native China, she became one of the most sought-after young artists in the nation, collaborating with the leading Chinese orchestras, with whom she retains a close link. Having completed her piano studies with Dan Zhao Yi at the Shenzhen Arts School, Zee Zee was invited to continue her artistic development under the mentorship of Nelita True at the Eastman School of Music and Yoheved Kaplinsky and Robert McDonald at The Juilliard School, where she won the coveted Petschek Piano Award. Zee Zee was awarded first prizes at China's 1st International Piano Concerto Competition, the Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition and the Krainev International Piano Competition. She was also a prizewinner at the 2013 Queen Elizabeth Competition. She has studied at the Peabody Institute with Leon Fleisher and continues to receive guidance from Alfred Brendel.

Tracklist:
1. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Einleitung (Arr. Kocsis for Piano) (07:49)
1. 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 11 : Schoenberg: 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 11 - 1. Mässige Viertel (03:54)
2. 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 11 : Schoenberg: 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 11 - 2. Mässige Achtel (08:03)
3. 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 11 : Schoenberg: 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 11 - 3. Bewegte Achtel (02:32)
4. Napoli, FP 40 : Poulenc: Napoli, FP 40 - 1. Barcarolle. Assez animé (01:41)
5. Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 : Liszt: Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 - 6. Vallée d'Obermann (11:37)
5. Napoli, FP 40 : Poulenc: Napoli, FP 40 - 2. Nocturne. Lent (03:15)
6. Ravel: Jeux d'eau, M. 30 (05:57)
6. Napoli, FP 40 : Poulenc: Napoli, FP 40 - 3. Caprice italien. Presto (05:43)
7. Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 : Liszt: Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 - 4. Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este (07:30)
11. Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément, S. 162 : Liszt: Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément, S. 162 - 3. Tarantella (09:27)


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