Early life and musical training
Zhou was born in San Antonio,Texas. From her mother's side,she is of Bouyei descent,one of the 55 ethnic minorities in China. Zhou's mother was a member of a folk-dance group in Guiyang,China. [4] Zhou began violin study at age four with her father,Long Zhou,who continued to be her teacher throughout her youth. She graduated from the Keystone School in San Antonio.
Zhou studied with Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory and also took lessons from Paul Kantor [5] and David Nadien. [6] She graduated from Harvard University in 2017. [7]
Zhou also acknowledges the mentorship of violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter and Weigang Li,as well as of Augustin Dumay, [8] with whom she studied at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo,Belgium,where she earned an Artist Diploma and later held the title of Associate Artist. [9]
Zhou has performed as a soloist with the China National Symphony Orchestra,Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra,China Philharmonic Orchestra,Shanghai Symphony Orchestra,Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra,Munich Symphony Orchestra,Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra,Hanover State Symphony Orchestra,National Orchestra of Belgium,Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra,Armenian State Symphony Orchestra,Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra,Sichuan Symphony Orchestra,New Jersey Symphony,San Diego Symphony,San Antonio Symphony,Kansas City Symphony,Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra,San Antonio Philharmonic,Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie,Guiyang Symphony Orchestra,La Jolla Symphony,Inner Mongolia Art Theater Symphony Orchestra,Orchestra da Camera di Perugia,Orchestra del Teatro Goldoni di Livorno (it),Tongyeong Festival Orchestra,Baden-Baden Philharmonic,New York Classical Players,Queens Symphony Orchestra,Oulu Symphony,Kalisz Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra,Central Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra,Kuopio Symphony Orchestra,Tapiola Sinfonietta,Kunming Nie'Er Symphony Orchestra,Tutan Festival Orchestra,and several other orchestras,and has performed recitals in the United States,Germany,Switzerland,Austria, [22] China,Taiwan,Russia,Finland,Poland,Germany,South Korea,Armenia,Mexico,Spain,Portugal,Canada,and Belgium. She has collaborated with conductors Zhang Jiemin,Michael Stern,Christopher Seaman,Xian Zhang,Sakari Oramo,Jean-Jacques Kantorow,Sebastian Lang-Lessing,Ken-David Masur,Anna-Maria Helsing (sv),Atso Almila,Jurjen Hempel (nl),John Storgårds,Junping Qian,Hu Yongyan,Jaap van Zweden,Adam Klocek,Jaime Laredo,Peter Oundjian,Garrett Keast,Sergey Smbatyan,Gábor Hontvári (de),Eun Sun Kim,Christoph Poppen,Muhai Tang,Dongmin Kim,Lio Kuokman,Jeffrey Kahane,Sameer Patel,Kevin Field,Huang Yi,Yang Yang,and Hannu Lintu.
From 2008 to 2018,she was sponsored by the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation,frequently collaborating with the German violinist on tours in Europe,Asia,and the U.S. and receiving scholarships generously endowed by the foundation.
Zhou teaches violin as a member of the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. [23] In October 2023,she was announced as the Artist in Residence and Concertmaster for the Santa Cruz Symphony in Santa Cruz,California. [24]
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