Shiqi Zhong Tickets

Shiqi Zhong is a rising star of Chinese Young Percussionist, founder of RQ Music Entertainment, Huamei Art School music director, New York Big Apple Modern Music Festival director, 2019 Top 30 under 30 elite selected by All American Chinese Youth Federation.

Mr.Zhong began his percussion journey at age of three and soon was recognized as a "percussion prodigy" in his native hometown, Nanjing. As a modern percussionist, Mr. Zhong’s music and performing style represents the new voice and the spirit of 21st century Chinese percussion music. 

As a percussion soloist, Mr.Zhong began to perform on stage at the age of five. At age of seven, he has performed many times on behalf of the Chinese Culture Bureau with Nanjing Little Red Flower Art Troupe, where he served as a leading performer and premiered the piece - “Fun Drum”. At age of ten, Mr.Zhong performed many concerts and toured in China for the purpose of culture exchange on behalf of the middle school of China Conservatory. Mr. Zhong’s solo performances has been heard in many countries, such as United States, Singapore, South Africa, Mauritius, etc. 

As a classical percussionist, Mr.Zhong collaborated with a number of world class conductors, including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Michael Tilson Thomas, Osmo Vänskä, Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski, Rossen Milanov and so on. Mr.Zhong served as an orchestra percussionist and toured many places such as Britain, Germany, Finland, Poland, Singapore, United States, etc. Mr.Zhong performed in many major concert halls both as a classical and solo percussionist, including Heleinki Music center, Die Glocke, Konzerthaus Berlin, kulturpalast Dresden, Cadogan Hall, Mozarteum Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, National Music Forum, Penderecki Center, China National Center for the performing arts, Beijing Music Hall, etc. 

Mr. Zhong has been a prize winner and finalists in several competitions, including the 2015 Modern Snare Drum Competition, the 2013 PAS KoSA Marimba Competition(First Prize), the 2011 International Chinese Marimba Competition(First Prize), the 2008 Jiangsu Province “Music Cup” Competition (Second Prize), and the 2007 Beijing Folk Music Competition (Sunshine Award). As a composer, Mr.Zhong performed his original composition, The Drum Moves the Heart, at the International Chinese Arts Festival in 2009.

Mr. Zhong’s performance has been reported by news organizations, such as China Arts News, Chinese Litter Performer, China Modern Express, China Jinling Evening News, China Yangtze Evening News, China Le Living News, China Special figures newspaper, Nanjing Morning News of China, and percussion news of the United States and so on. Indeed, Zhong is an indispensable talent in the modern percussion industry. He dedicated himself to the culture of national music but with the innovative thinking, which harmonize the western elements and made it into his own specific music and performing style.

Mr.Zhong previously studied at Yale School of Music, The Curtis Institute of Music, The Juilliard Pre-College and the middle school of China conservatory.