Joey Zhu is a 16-year-old junior high school student at California High School, San Ramon. He has been playing piano since age 5. His current teacher is Jed Galant. Joey has won first prize in many competitions, including the American Fine Arts Festival (AFAF) International Concerto Competition, the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition, Nafisa Taghioff Award of Fremont Symphony Young Artist Competition, Livermore-Amador Symphony Competition for Young Musicians of Livermore-Amador Symphony, and the Junior Bach Festivals. He also won top prizes in Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition, US Open Music Competitions, and CAPMT competitions. As a concerto competition winner, he performed Schumann Piano Concerto with El Camino Youth symphony, and Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto with Livermore-Amador Symphony. Joey also plays cello, and is an assistant principal cellist in the senior orchestra of El Camino Youth Symphony. At school, Joey likes math and science.
