Kevin Zhu

Internationally performing soloist Kevin Zhu is the First Prize winner at the 2012 Menuhin Competition. A graduate of the Juilliard School, he studied with Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin. As a soloist, he has been featured with orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the China Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to his endeavors on stage, Kevin serves as a Culture Ambassador of the Lin Yao Ji Music Foundation of China. Kevin performs on the c1700 “ex-Petri” Antonio Stradivari violin, which is on loan from the Ryuji Ueno Foundation and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.