LIXIN ZHANG: Having begun piano lessons as a four-year-old, Zhang has performed two solo concerts at festivals in Mallorca, Spain, and has made concerto appearances with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Bach Musica Orchestra. Last year, he recorded the CD Play with Rattle Records which rose to first place on the RNZ classical charts in the first week of its release. In recent years, his wins include the National Young Performer Award for piano, the Wallace National Piano Competition, the Wallace National Junior Piano Competition and a couple of scholarships. He was recruited this year by his school Burnside High to coach chamber groups of the specialist music programme. Pictures supplied
Never mind the three-day R&V delirium with its glitter, earth-thumping pulse and clothing shortage.
Pianomania’s mid-December three concerts-in-one-day mini-fest will take its audiences on a black-and-white keyed magic carpet ride through Spain, 19th century Europe and the experiments of the early 20th century.
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