Monica Zhang

Monica Zhang
Born in Milano into a Chinese family in 2007, Monica captures the attention of the classical world after winning many international piano competitions, praised for her deeply musical soul, utter naturalness and extraordinary technique.

In addition to winning the 2023 Livorno International Piano Competition where she was the youngest contestant, Monica has been named Artist in Residence of Fondazione La Società dei Concerti in Milano and is supported by Associazione Musica con le Ali. She represented Italy at the 2021 Steinway Festival in Hamburg and had the honor to perform in front of the President of Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella. In 2023 and 2024 she performed for Maestro Evgeny Kissin who praised Monica for her talent.
She has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras and is regularly invited to perform for important festivals and promoters in Italy, Germany, Iceland, Austria, France and Switzerland. She has been guest of the Italian TV program “Prodigi” on Rai1 where she performed live the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody nr. 10 and won the prize as best musician of the show. She played as soloist and as chamber musician in prestigious halls such as Sala Verdi in Milano, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Ridotto del Teatro alla Scala in Milano, Teatro Verdi in Pisa. She has been invited by the Bocelli Foundation, Stauffer Academy in Cremona, and she entered the Accademia Chigiana in Siena where she studied with Lilya Zilberstein. In Autumn 2023 Monica was selected as student of Eppan Piano Academy and followed the courses of Michel Beróff, Andrea Bonatta and Janina Fialkowska.
On April 2024 Monica stepped in at a short notice pianist Yunchan Lim in Milano: “Zhang played the famous Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky with great balance, warmth and accuracy like a mature artist” observed the critics.

Monica began her musical journey at the age of 8 with Vincenzo Balzani; she is now a student of Cristina Frosini at Milano Conservatory and is enrolled by Theo Lieven Piano Foundation as one of the few selected students in Vienna.