Praised by Jerome Lowenthal as “an artist of remarkable range of imagination and a commanding virtuoso”, and New York Concert Review as “a pianist of excellent technique and a wide range of expressivity”, Dr. Chloe Chuyue Zhang maintains an active performing and recording career. She was first prize winner at 2021 Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, second prize winner at 2017 Wideman International Piano Competition, and . As a featured soloist, Chloe had performed Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto with the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Ravel G Major Piano Concerto with Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Liszt’s First Piano Concerto with Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra. Her debut solo album was released by Orpheus Classic July 2022, featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff.
Chloe is also devoted to contemporary music and composition. She premiered Sonata for French Horn and Piano by Zhongrong Luo at the New York Focus Music Festival. As a collaborative pianist, she served as an ensemble pianist at the Grammy-Nominated Eastman Wind Ensemble for over three years, working with great conductors including Leonard Slatkin and Mark Scatterday. As a composer, she premiered her piano work Desert in Morse Hall, New York.
Chloe has also performed recitals nationally in San Francisco, New York, Miami, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Maine, along with international performances in Croatia and Spain. Besides piano, she also plays other keyboard instruments, like harpsichord. Recent performances include a harpsichord debut playing Poulenc’s Suite franchise with the Eastman Wind Ensemble.
Chloe had earned her Doctoral degree from Eastman School of Music, studied with Natalya Antonova, Master degree of Music from The Juilliard School, studied with Jerome Lowenthal. She had worked with Robert Levin, Joseph Kalichstein, Alexander Kobrin, Alexander Korsantia, Matti Raekallio, Boris Slutsky and Martin Canin.
In addition to performing, teaching is an important part of Chloe’s career. She has excelled in two collegiate teaching positions during her graduate studies, including as the teaching assistant for Natalya Antonova's studio at the Eastman School of Music for two semesters in 2020-21 and as an instructor of secondary piano class at the Juilliard School for two semesters 2017-18.
Chloe now resides in New York City with her husband and their wonderful cats, Chaz and Bunny.