Shaobo Zhang

Biography

Since 2001 he have been learning violin with Mr. Li Jiang and Jianxin Chen in Henan.
In 2008 he was admitted to the Zhengzhou Hui Muslim Middle School Orchestra and served since 2011 as concertmaster.
In 2011 he won the gold prize of the second violin competition in Henan.
In 2013 he won the third prize of the Beijing Youth Violin Competition.
In 2014 he was admitted to the Central Conservatory of Music with excellent performance, studying violin with Prof. Bing Yu.
From 2016 to 2017, he served as Second Violinist Voice Leader at the China Youth Symphony Orchestra of Central Conservatory of Music.
In the 2016 he won the silver prize of the Asia (International) Muisc Competition.
2016 - 2017 he play the first violin in the string quartet "LUFT".
On June 16, 2017, he organized a quartet concert, played the middle and late works of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, was very well rated.
In 2017, he participated in the National Youth Orchestra China (NYO-China), toured Carnegie Hall in New York and China, and collaborated with French conductor Ludovic Morlot, pianist Yujia Wang and Olga Kern.
In January 2018 he participated in Music Festival “Youth Music CultureGuangdong (YMCG)”.
In May 2018 he gave a violin concerto at the Central Conservatory of Music.
In January 2019 he was admitted to the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden and studied with Prof. Annette Unger for a master's degree.
From June 2019 he earned a substitute contract in the orchestra of the Staatsoperette Dresden.
In September 2019, he won the Diploma and Pirastro Special Prizes of the International Queen Sophie Charlotte Competition for Violin.
In June 2020 he passed the audition of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie.
In October 2020 he won the third prize of the XII. International competition "SZYMON GOLDBERG" for violin and viola.
In November 2020 he was selected graduation scholarships from the HfM Dresden.