Tengyue Zhang won the 2017 Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Concert Artist Competition, one of the world's most prestigious events. His debut recital illustrates the moods, colors and techniques of the concert classical guitar from baroque transcriptions to masters of the twentieth-century genre such as Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Tansman, and Brouwer. Despite being from very different backgrounds and time periods, several of the pieces share intriguing relationships in their use of variation form or thematic motifs and harmonic progressions. Aside from the GFA, Tengyue Zhang has also won first prizes at other well-known competitions- Austria's Forum Gitarre Wien International Youth Competition, the Changsha International Guitar Competition, the 2017 Schadt String Competition, and the 2017 Alexander Frauchi International Competition in Moscow.

Tracklist:

Keyboard Sonata In D Major, Kk. 53 (Arr. T. Zhang For Guitar)
Violin Partita No. 2 In D Minor, Bwv 1004: V. Ciaccona (Arr. T. Zhang For Guitar)
Variations Sur Un Thème De Scriabine
24 Caprichos De Goya, Op. 195: No. 12, No Hubo Remedio
24 Caprichos De Goya, Op. 195: No. 18, El Sueño De La Razón Produce Monstruos
Rito De Los Orishas: I. Exordium - Conjuro
Rito De Los Orishas: II. Danza De Las Diosas Negras
Aquarelle: I. Divertimento
Aquarelle: II. Valseana
Aquarelle: III. Preludio E Toccatina

UPC: 747313390571
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 6.8.18
Format: CD

J Bach S / Zhang - Laureate Series (CD)