Yonghuan Zhong
China
Born on 9 September 2005, he began studying with Wojciech Świtała from the age of 12. He now attends the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. His most recent successes include third prize in the International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw in 2023. He is a laureate of many other competitions, including the ‘Halina Czerny-Stefańska in memoriam’ International Piano Competition (2022) and 'Artur Rubinstein in memoriam' Youth Competition in Bydgoszcz (2021). He has performed in the US, Italy, China and Poland, working with such ensembles as the {oh!} Orchestra and Sinfonia Iuventus. In 2024 the Fryderyk Chopin Institute released a disc of his performances in the 2nd International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments in Warsaw.
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