Sunday, July 30, 2017

Hao Miao | 2nd Prize | Violin 2017 | ENKOR Int'l Music Competition


Hao Miao was born in Inner-Mongolia. He began playing violin at the age of four and later moved to Shanghai, where he studied in the Shanghai Music School under the auspices of the Shanghai Conservatory from 2001 to 2008 with professor ShiSheng Zheng and Mingen Zhou. He gave his first full recital at the age of eleven at the Shanghai Orchestra Hall.
In 2008, Hao Miao moved to Kharkov, Ukraine, to continue his studies at the Kharkov National University of Arts with professor L.A.Kholodenko. He performed several solo recitals and played as soloist with Kharkov Youth Symphony Orchestra every year in Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Simferopol, Kiev and other cities in Ukraine. He won the Grand Prize at the ""Zolotaya Lira"" Competition and received a silver medal at the Kiev’s ""Twenty-first Century Art"" Competition.

In Spring 2013, while graduating from the Kharkov University of Arts, Hao Miao has performed several recitals, one of which featured The 24 Caprices by Niccolo Paganini.
In August 2013, Hao Miao started his Artist Certificate studies at the University of North Texas in the United States of America, under the tutelage of Julia Bushkova. He won 3rd Prize in Mid-Texas Symphony Orchestra Competition and had his first solo recital in US in Texas Denton in November.

In 2015, Hao Miao has won the Concerto Competition of UNT College of Music. In 2016 he has performed in Concerto Competition winner’s concert with UNT Symphony Orchestra, and soon after, he won 2nd prize in Naftzger Young Artists Audition in Kansas.

Hao Miao is currently pursuing Master of Music degree under the tutelage of Julia Bushkova.

Violin Sonata No.1 Siciliana&Presto J.S.Bach 5:40
24 Caprices Op 1 No.9, No.20, No.24 Niccolo Paganini 13:14