Meng Zou

B. 2002, China

Meng Zou was born in China and started to play the violin at the age of 5. From 2014 to 2020 he studied at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music with professor Li Kaixiang, where he made his stage debut along with Mark Gibson and SCOM Symphony Orchestra in 2014.

Prizes he has won include Hong Kong International Violin Competition’s second prize (2015), Chengdu Guangya International Violin Competition’s sixth prize (2019), Singapore National Piano and Violin Competition’s first prize (2023) and Classic Violin Olympus International Competition Tokyo’s third prize (2024).

He also took part in many masterclasses with well-known artists, such as Shlomo Mintz, Midori Goto, Vadim Gluzman and many others. Since 2020, he has been studying at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music under the guidance of the renowned violinist and professor Qian Zhou.

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY ROUND 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003

Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor ‘Ballade’, Op. 27

PRELIMINARY ROUND 2
Franz Schubert
Violin Sonata in A major, D.574

Camille Saint-Saëns / Eugène Ysaÿe
Caprice d’après L’Etude en Forme de Valse, Op. 52

SEMIFINAL ROUND 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, movement 1 & 2

Béla Bartók
Divertimento, Sz 113 - 3. Allegro assai

SEMIFINAL ROUND 2
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet movement

Johannes Brahms
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78

Aram Khachaturian
Song Poem (In Honor of Ashugs) for Violin and Piano

Igor Stravinsky
Divertimento from ‘Le baiser de la fée’ (arr. S. Dushkin)

FINAL ROUND
Enno Poppe
Feder (WP)

Robert Schumann
Violin Concerto in D minor WoO 1