
Year of birth: 2001
Place of birth: London
Educated in: London
Place of residence: London
Based in London, British-Chinese pianist Noah Zhou completed his Bachelor's degree at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded the Sir Elton John Scholarship. He is currently pursuing his Master's at the same institution, where he studies with the Emeritus Head of Keyboard, Christopher Elton. Noah has been the recipient of a number of awards, notably 2nd Prize at the YPF European Grand Prix (2022), as well as the Royal Philharmonic Society of Great Britain’s Duet Prize for Best Young Instrumentalist (2018). He has also been awarded top prizes at Valsesia Musica International Competition (2021), Euregio Piano Award (2021), Rio International Competition (2022), Horowitz International Competition (2019) and Campillos International Competition (2021).
Whitdrawn candidates:
Ekaterina Bonyushkina
Jiarui Cheng
Ziyu Liu
Vitaly Starikov
Dmytro Semykras
Yifan Wu (2008)