Zekai Chen
China, 16
Zekai Chen studies at the Affiliated Middle School of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and has won top prizes at the Khachaturian International Youth Violin Competition, Hong Kong International Violin Competition, Stulberg International String Competition and the Korea-China International Violin Competition. He was also selected for Morningside Music Bridge from 2023–2026. Chen has appeared as soloist with the Shanghai Opera Symphony, Harbin Symphony, Wuxi Symphony, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, and Western Michigan University Symphony Orchestra.
Teachers:
Ming’en Zhou 2018 – present
Xiaocao Sha 2015 – 2018
Preliminaries
Sonata in A major, K. 305 — W. A. Mozart
La fille aux cheveux de lin — C. Debussy
Caprice Nos. 1 and 22, Op. 1 — N. Paganini
Sonata No. 6 in E major — E. Ysaÿe
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 — L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 — J. Brahms
Carmen Fantasy (after Bizet) — F. Waxman
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 — W. A. Mozart
Tambourin chinois — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 — P. Tchaikovsky
