Noah Zhou is a current Hattori Foundation Senior Award Winner.
This performance forms part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series. This is a very friendly series, in true Salon-style, where guests are invited to enjoy a pre-concert drink included in the ticket price, a one-hour performance (without interval) and then meet the performers and Trustees in the Club's bar after each recital for complimentary refreshments.
This performance forms part of the Hattori Foundation early evening concert series. This is a very friendly series, in true Salon-style, where guests are invited to enjoy a pre-concert drink included in the ticket price, a one-hour performance (without interval) and then meet the performers and Trustees in the Club's bar after each recital for complimentary refreshments.
Programme (60 minutes, no interval)Haydn
Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI: 37 Janacek Sonata I. X. 1905, 'From the Street' Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 
The Hattori Foundation was established as an Educational Trust by the Hattori Family and granted charity status in 1992.
The aim of the Foundation in the field of music is to encourage and assist exceptionally talented young instrumental soloists or chamber ensembles who are British Nationals or resident in the UK and whose talent and achievements give promise of an international career. |
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Noah Zhou |
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Based in London, British-Chinese pianist Noah Zhou began his musical journey at the age of 5. Generously supported by the Eileen Rowe Musical Trust for a number of years, he has since gone on to have completed his Bachelor’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded the Sir Elton John Scholarship. Now he is pursuing his Master’s at the same institution, where he studies with the Emeritus Head of Keyboard, Christopher Elton. He is also generously supported by the Hattori Foundation and the Countess of Munster Trust.
Noah has been the recipient of a number of awards, notably 2nd Prize at the YPF European Grand Prix (2022), as well as the Royal Philharmonic Society of Great Britain’s Duet Prize for Best Young Instrumentalist (2018). He has also been awarded 1st Prizes at Valsesia Musica International Competition (2021) and the Euregio Piano Award (2021). On top of this, Noah has to his name the titles of Laureate of the Rio International Competition (2022); Horowitz International Competition (2019); Campillos International Competition (2021), and was a finalist at the UK Piano Open (2020); and Manchester International Concerto Competition (2019).
Noah is a frequent performer – orchestras with which he has collaborated include, the Phion Orchestra of the Netherlands (under Antony Hermus); the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine (under Vitaliy Protasov); the Brazilian National Symphony Orchestra (under Roberto
Tibiriçá); the Danube Symphony Orchestra (under András Deák); the Manchester Camerata (under Stephen Threlfall); the Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra (under Grigor Palikarov); and the Malaga Symphony Orchestra (under Victor Eloy Lopez Cerezo).
Aside from working on his own performances, Noah is a Co-Artistic Director of The Piano Concerto Festival. This event is focused around granting young pianists access to a professional orchestra, which they are invited to perform with, and also aims to provide them with connections to future performance opportunities.
Noah has been the recipient of a number of awards, notably 2nd Prize at the YPF European Grand Prix (2022), as well as the Royal Philharmonic Society of Great Britain’s Duet Prize for Best Young Instrumentalist (2018). He has also been awarded 1st Prizes at Valsesia Musica International Competition (2021) and the Euregio Piano Award (2021). On top of this, Noah has to his name the titles of Laureate of the Rio International Competition (2022); Horowitz International Competition (2019); Campillos International Competition (2021), and was a finalist at the UK Piano Open (2020); and Manchester International Concerto Competition (2019).
Noah is a frequent performer – orchestras with which he has collaborated include, the Phion Orchestra of the Netherlands (under Antony Hermus); the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine (under Vitaliy Protasov); the Brazilian National Symphony Orchestra (under Roberto
Tibiriçá); the Danube Symphony Orchestra (under András Deák); the Manchester Camerata (under Stephen Threlfall); the Pazardzhik Symphony Orchestra (under Grigor Palikarov); and the Malaga Symphony Orchestra (under Victor Eloy Lopez Cerezo).
Aside from working on his own performances, Noah is a Co-Artistic Director of The Piano Concerto Festival. This event is focused around granting young pianists access to a professional orchestra, which they are invited to perform with, and also aims to provide them with connections to future performance opportunities.