About
Jinglin
- Masterclasses
Zhou has received guidance and recognition from world-renowned musicians, including:
Nobuko Imai, Garth Knox, Tim Frederiksen, Arod Quartet, Mosaic Quartet, Zvi Plesser, Joseph Lin, Wenting Kang, Veit Hertenstein, Atar Arad, Paul Neubauer, David Geber, Xidi Shen, Diyang Mei, and Peijun Xu.
- Additional Work
Recorded the official demonstration audio for viola grading repertoire at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
Selected for the Shanghai Conservatory of Music’s “Elite Talent Support Program” in 2023, where he gave a solo recital at the Changsha Concert Hall.
-Mentors
Sam Rhodes
Wenting Kang
Jensen Horn-Sin Lam
Nian Liu
Yucheng Shi
Education & Biography
Degrees & Institutions
Bachelor of Music ( BM )
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
2020-2024
Master of Music ( MM )
The Juilliard School
2024-2026
Bio
Born in Hunan in 2002, Jinglin began studying the violin at age 11 under the guidance of his mother, Ms. Ni Jin(Principal Violist of the Hunan Symphony Orchestra), and the renowned violin pedagogue Mr. Shen Xiaofang. He graduated in 2024 from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor’s degree, studying under Prof. Nian Liu and Yucheng Shi. During his undergraduate studies, he formed the Mercury String Quartet, mentored by Professor Jensen Horn-Sin Lam. Zhou is currently pursuing his Master’s degree at The Juilliard School in the States with a full scholarship, studying under Mr. Samuel Rhodes.
- Achievements
· An originally composed cadenza for Stamitz Viola Concerto in D Major won the inaugural Viola Concerto Cadenza Competition at the Shanghai
Conservatory of Music. The work was published in Classical Viola Concertos:
Original Cadenzas by Shanghai Education Press.
· First Prize Winner at the 31st Barletta International Young Musician Competition (Italy).
· Grand Prize Winner at the Rocky Mountain Spring International Music Competition (Canada) — the highest honor awarded in the competition.
· First Prize Winner at the 23rd Valsesia Musica International Competition (Italy).
· First Prize Winner in the Viola Open Class at Hong Kong International String Competition.
· Gold Medalist in the Chamber Music Category at the Schubert International Music Competition.
· Second Prize Winner at the Northern International Music Competition (Sweden).
- Performances & Invitations
Accepted with a scholarship to the Heifetz International Music Institute, a prestigious global program for talented young musicians.
Participated in the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project (2023) with a full scholarship, performing La Bohème in a nationwide tour across Japan (Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya, and Aichi) and at the Matsumoto International Music Festival.
Invited with the Mercury Quartet to the International Chamber Music Seminar at The Tianjin Juilliard School.
Performed as Principal Violist with the "One Future" World Orchestra at the Vienna Musikverein (2018).
Collaborated with the Hunan University of Industry Technology Symphony Orchestra, performing Hindemith’s Der Schwanendreher at the Hunan Youth Arts Festival (2023).
Repertoire
Solo Works
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No.1, 2, 4
Georg Telemann: Fantasia No.5, 7
Nicollo Paganini: Caprice No.20
Henri Vieuxtemps: Capriccio Op.55
Henri Wieniawski: L'école moderne, Op.10 No.5
Max Reger: Suite for Solo Viola No.3
Paul Hindemith: Sonata for Viola Sonata Op.25 No.1
Krzysztof Penderecki: Cadenza for Viola Solo
Garth Knox: Quartet for One (2020)
Nian Liu: Suite for Viola Solo - Mapping
Concertos
J.C. Bach: Viola Concerto in c minor
Georg Telemann: Viola Concerto in G Major
Anton Hoffmeister: Viola Concerto in D Major
Cecil Forsyth: Viola Concerto in g minor
Niccolo Paganini: La Campenella; Per la Grand Sonata
Paul Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
Bela Bartok: Viola Concerto Sz.120
Alfred Schnittke: Viola Concerto
Duo Sonatas / Chamber Music
Franz Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata D.821
Mikhail Glinka: Viola Sonata in d minor
York Bowen: Viola Sonata No.1 Op.18
Johannes Brahms: Sonata in f minor Op.120 No.1 String Quartet Op.51 No.1
Paul Hindemith: Sonata Op.11/4
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Op.33/2, Op.55/1, Op.64/5 & 6
Wolfgang Mozart: String Quartet K.169
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.2 Op.13
String Quartet Op.44 No.3
Robert Schumann: Quartet in a minor, Op.41 No.1
Maurice Ravel: String Quartet Op.35
Bela Bartok: String Quartet No.3 Sz.85
Igor Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for String Quartet
Garth Knox: Marin Marais Variation for Four Violas