Yizhen Sophia Zhu is 11 years old, and she started learning to play piano with Ms. Ya Liu at the age of 5. She showed talent in music and has a passion to play great piano. She has won numerous awards for piano competitions and regularly plays piano at senior centers around the Salt Lake valley communities.
Watch Yizhen Sophia Zhu perform Tarentelle in D Minor Op.77 No.6 by Moszkowski on the piano for the 2024 Spring Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.
Watch Yizhen Sophia Zhu perform Gargoyles, Op.29 (3rd Mvt.) by Lowell Liebermann on the piano for the 2026 Winter Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.