Iris von Zahn – piano
Hanchao Jiang – sax

Neben ihrer Arbeit als Schulmusikerin tritt Iris von Zahn in verschiedenen Formationen und Konzertformaten auf. Preisgekrönt durch einen ersten Bundespreis Jugend musiziert, verschiedene britische Preise und Diplome während ihres Klavierstudiums an der Royal Academy of Music, London, und im letzten Jahr als Finalistin beim Windsor International Piano Competition spielte sie landesweit Lieder- und Kammermusikabende und gehört seit Jahren in die internationale Pianistenriege des Lindlarer Klavierfestivals.

Hanchao Jiang – Classical Saxophonist

Praised by the Maestro Chinese conductor Bian Zushan for possessing “An introspective and insightful artist with exceptional artistic level.”,classical saxophonist Hanchao was born in Shanghai in the year of 1988. In 2002,Hanchao won Gold Prize in Shanghai Spring International Music Festival Wind Section Competition at age 13. In 2009, he graduated with a DEM of “Mention Très Bien à Unanimité avec Félicitations du Jury”from Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Musique de Saint-Etienne. He then entered Geneva Superior Conseravtory of Music, graduated with a B.A.and a M.A.in music performance in 2013. He taught in Ecole de Musique de Saint-Chamond and Ecole de Musique du Rive-de-Gier from 2012 to 2013. Currently Hanchao serves as the deputy head for Shanghai City Philharmonic Symphonic Wind Orchestra.

Hanchao has been invited to collaborate with quite a few famous conductors, composers and orchestras in recitals, concertos and orchestra concerts world-widely, including Gábor Takács-Nagy for Frank Martin’s Cinderella and has been documented recordings, Jean Deroyer for Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet with L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Gottfield Rabl for Pei Lu’s Shanghai Rhythm Concerto World Premiere with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra , Benoit Willman for contemporary ensemble, Gleb Skvortsov for Jacques Ibert’s Symphonie Marine, Timothy Salzman for Paul Creston’s Saxophone Concerto, etc. Also an active chamber musician, Hanchao has made constant efforts to explore and adapt chamber music in order to expand the repertoire of classical chamber music for saxophone while always challenging himself to attain an ever higher level of performance in terms of the tone color of the instrument and performing skill. He formed the Cézanne Trio with the European pianist, Marina Di Giorno, and violinist Guillaume Leroy in 2013 and also a duet with pianist Juan David Molano. They have performed very often in China with great success in many major concert halls, theatres as well as conservatories, including Shanghai Concert Hall, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Xiamen Gulangyu Concert Hall, Nanchang University, Harbin Normal University, Northwest University for Nationalities, etc. Besides, he has made contribution to musical education. In February 2015, he was invited to the Saxophone Summer Campaign as a guest artist by the National Band Council of Australia and also held master class and concerts in Melbourne and Sydney. In 2016, he worked as the art director of Suzhou Mudu Experimental Middle School in“The 8th World Chinese Art Festival” held in Malaysia and Singapore, where the school won the Diamond Prize and he himself was honored the Chinese Excellent Teacher Award. In 2017, he will tour in China with the Thymos Quartet

Programm:

J.S. Bach, Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013
C. Debussy， “Syrinx” (transcription to Saxophone)
C. Debussy，“Voiles“, „Arabesque“ and „Minstrels“
C.Franck Violin Sonata in A major (transcription to Saxophone and piano)