Ziyu He

Violin virtuoso Ziyu He made his debut at the Musikverein with the Vienna Philharmonic under Adam Fischer in 2017 at the young age of 18. In 2016, he won both the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg and the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, and in 2014, he was named the Eurovision Young Musician of the Year. He has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Wiener Philharmoniker, Mariinsky Orchestra St Petersburg, Macau Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Rai National Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Bochumer Symphoniker, China Philharmonic, Shanghai Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. He has collaborated with conductors such as Adam Fischer, Christopher Warren-Green, Choo Hoey, Tung-Chieh Chuang, David Brophy, Diego Matheuz, Guoyong Zhang, Howard Griffiths, Ilyich Rivas, Joji Hattori, Valery Gergiev, and regularly with Hans Graf.

In the 2021/22 season, Ziyu made his debut with the Wiener Symphoniker and Lio Kuokman, and was invited once again to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra with Hans Graf for concerts and recordings. He also performed with the Camerata Schweiz in Lucerne and the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra with Howard Griffiths. Other recent highlights include the BBC Belfast Proms in the Park, his debut at the George Enescu Festival, return visits to the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, as well as recitals at the Konzerthaus Vienna in their ‘Great Talents’ series.

Ziyu started playing the violin with Xiangrong Zhang in his native China at the age of five. When he was just ten years old, he was invited by Paul Roczek to study at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, where he completed his Masters studies in the summer of 2021. He plays an Andrea Guarneri violin made in 1688, generously on loan by a private sponsor.