Zenan Yu 于澤楠, pianist Zenan Yu, an accomplished pianist, was born in China. He studied with E-lin Chen at the Central Conservatory of Music, and at the age of fifteen he performed Rachmaninoff‘s twenty-four preludes as his debut recital. He has performed in numerous cities in the U.S. including New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Boston, and New Haven. While in China, Mr. Yu has been a concerto soloist with many orchestras including the China Philharmonic Orchestra under Long Yu, the Central Conservatory Symphony Orchestra under Yongyan Hu, and the Beijing Youth Symphony Orchestra under En Shao. He also gave recitals in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Xiamen, Tsingtao, Ningbo, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong. In 2002, Zenan Yu performed at The Grea Hall of The People for the former president Jiang Zemin and other leaders of China. In August 2007, he performed in Tianeman Square for over 50,000 people. In 2007, he traveled to the U.S to become a student of Russell Sherman and Wha Kyung Byun at the New England Conservatory. He has been awarded the Dorothy Hinton Congleton Memorial Presidential Scholarship for three years. In his freshman year, Mr. Yu won the NEC piano concerto competition and performed Tchaikovsky piano concerto No. 1 with the NEC symphony orchestra under Guillermo Figueroa at Boston’s Jordan Hall. He was one of pianists to perform Messiaen’s Vingt Regards Sur Lenfant Jesus at Jordan Hall in the 2008 Messiaen festival in Boston. In addition, Mr. Yu was also invited to play a recital in Los Angles as part of the celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Haydn’s death. This recital was broadcasted by 88.5 KCSN. In 2008, Zenan Yu substituted at the last minute for an injured pianist in performances of Rachmaninoff piano concerto No. 2, which he learned within one week, with the Concord Symphony. After the performances, the conductor Richard Pittman invited him to play Liszt piano concerto No. 2 for the opening series of the 2009-2010 season. (July, 2010)

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