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Lei Zhang Violin Academy

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A little bit of Background


The Violin Academy has been in the Bay Area for over 12 years since it was establishment on Fall 1997 by Mr. Lei Zhang. (You can read more about Mr. Lei Zhang under the Biography section). The Academy pride itself for being the only Violin Academy in the Bay Area of San Francisco. It currently accepts violin, viola, cello & bass students from ages 5 to adults, of all levels.  The classes are available in Central FremontWinter/Spring: January 2 - June 30;  Summer: July 6 - August 22; Fall: September 25 - November 13, 2009. Smile

 

News and Latest Activities

        LZVA 12th Annual Stuent Recital

Stars Youth Orchestra 2nd Annual Concert

  Sunday 2:30pm, June 7, 2009 Tower Theater, FAS. Free! 

Program: Vivaldi’s Summer, Gershwin’s Summertime, Webber’s Selections from Phantom of the Opera, Bach’s Suite, Mozart’s Flute Quartet & Violin Concerto No. 4, Monti’s Czardas, Bruch’s G minor Violin Concerto, Wieniawski’s Legende, Li Zili's Fisherman's Harvest Song, Kreisler’s Tempo di Minuetto Major Performers: Julia Yu, vocal; Aneesh Natarajan,  Sandip Nirmel, Sean Ang & Sharon Zhen, violins;  Ray Wu, flute; Alice Wang, violinist & music assistant; Chen Woo, piano accompanist.

Tri-City Voice concert preview by Melody Yee (6/3/09): http://www.tricityvoice.com/displayPages.php?issue=2009-06-03&page=27

 Read the Chinese News (5/22/09): http://sf.worldjournal.com/pages/full_sf?page_label=wjsf&id=2606579-%E5%BC%B5%E9%9B%B7%E6%8F%90%E7%90%B4%E5%AD%B8%E9%99%A2%E8%88%89%E8%BE%A6%E5%8C%AF%E5%A0%B1%E9%9F%B3%E6%A8%82%E6%9C%83&widget=push&article-?????????????%20=&instance=sfbull_left2&open=&

  Review with 4 photos (12/19/08): http://www.secretchina.com/news/275278.html 

  Tri-City Voice with photo (12/31/08): http://www.tricityvoice.com/displayPages.php?issue=2008-12-31&page=22

     Watch KTSF-TV26 SYO on Air Saturday 4pm, 12/27/08

Lei Zhang Violin Academy 

11th Annual Student Recital 

Stars Youth Orchestra

Lei Zhang, Music Director  & Conductor

1st Annual Concert    Smile

Sunday 3:00-5:30pm, June 15,  2008

Tower Theater, Fremont Adult School

China Earthquake Relief Benefit Performance

Program: Vivaldi's Spring & Double Concerto, The Sound of Music selection & The Same Song, Young's Reverie & Elegy, Welcome to Beijing, Bach, Mozart & Brahms ...
SYO Performers: Julia Yu & Sameem Saadat singers; Sandip Nirmel, violin solo; Vivian Huang, cello solo; Ray Wu, flute solo ...

Mr. Lei Zhang, Violin Soloist; Ms. Rebecca Li, Piano Accompanist 

Ms. Liya Fang, Mezzo-Soprano will perform "Elegy" by Mr. Phil Young

View some of our performances on YouTube:  

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DF35E7CA70791510   

 -   11th Annual Recital: June 15, 2008 see Fremont Bulletin review with photos(6/21/08 @ Gallery).Special Thanks to the California Governor Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger & Fremont City Councilman Mr. Steve Cho, and all students & parents to made a great performance! (see Additional Info)  

 Starts Youth Orchestra: Mr. Lei Zhang, Music Director & Conductor. Kiss

  Fall: Sep 13 - Dec 13, 2009, Sundays 2-5pm,  with a Chritmas Concert & more (TBA). 

  Beginning Group Lessons for Violin, Viola, Cello & Bass on Sundays 2:00-2:45pm (3-6 students per group, for ages 5 & up).  

  Advanced Strings Ensemble: 2:00-2:50pm. Full Orchestra Rehearsals: 3-5pm.

  Watch TV-32 on Wed 6:30-7pm 9/24 & 10/22/08 for SYO String Quartet Talent Shows.

   Watch TV~38 10pm, Feb 10, 2008 Chinese New Year Gala! 11pm, July 3, 2008, Mr. Zhang violin solo & interview.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoguJM6UlqI&feature=PlayList&p=DF35E7CA70791510&index=0&playnext=1

   Auditions: by Appointment only! Some scholarships for special needs students/families.

   Registration / Audition Fee: $20 (waived for old members). Email me if need the Registration Form.

   Place: Fremont Adult School, Noll Center or Tower Theater, 4700 Calaveras Ave., Fremont, CA 94538.

   More Info: www.syo.worldbreak.com 

   Music Scholarship: http://www.tricityvoice.com/articlefiledisplay.php?issue=2008-07-16&file=SYO%20Music.txt

     -   Congratulations to our students Sharon Zhen, Brian Zhang,  Glennon Ng & Bertha Yue who passed the Royal Schools of Music violin exam Grade 8; Denton Xu passed Grade 7; Eric Yang passed Grade 5;  Aneesh Natarajan passed Grade 5 & won the CMEA Award; Sandip Nirmel, Cheryl Zhu & Kevin Hui passed Grade 5; Kori Hui passed Grade 2. Sean Ang, CMEA Award winner & Co-Concertmaster/soloist with SYO! David Zhao, concertmaster for 2 years with the PCO, is studing at UCLA since Fall 2007!

Congratulations to Albert Li ~ he won the Grand Prize of the 3rd International Multi-Arts Festival~Music Instrument Competition on June 16, 2007; Best Chinese Piece & 3rd Place of the 14th CMTANC Youth Music Competition ~ Violin Group C ~ on June 2, 2007 @ SJSU!! (see photo @ Gallery)


 

 

Updates!!!!!


~  Check out LZVA & SYO's New Website:

http://space.dingtv.com/leizhang   

~ Watch Mr. Lei Zhang's Violin Solo for TV-38 (July 3, 2008):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzkfydJw-kk&feature=PlayList&p=DF35E7CA70791510&index=14

The Argus Article (6/12/08):

http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_9557339

        ~          CMTANC Fundraising Concert   ~

     Mr. Lei Zhang and the Mission Trio had performed Brahms Piano Trio No.1, and Vivaldi Concerto for 4 Violins with other teachers.  April 29, 2006  @ Santa Clara University Recital Hall

 visit: www.cmtanc.org   for Youth Music Competition & more info.


  ~        Biography in Chinese is now available in Biography section

(Please change encoding to Unicode UTF-8 in order to read the text)


  ~      You may view more photos @ www.lzva.coku.com/album.php

4 students from LZVA had performed with the Violin Master Siqing Lu on 2/25/06.

Mr. Zhang is teaching at the Siqing Violin Youth Orchestra since August 2006

at the Nanhai Arts Center. www.nanhai.com

Please watch the video clip of  Lunar New Year Performance (2/23/07):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqDDsjTSPUQ

Mr. Zhang lead students performed at CCTV's "The Same Song"

in SF ~ Cow Palace on 3/3/07.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh_xGv2Mfdw

http://ent.sina.com.cn/y/p/2007-03-04/18471466309.html


   Listen to Classical Music @ www.kdfc.com
102.1FM in San Francisco Bay Area

~    China Violin Forum:                  www.violinbbs.com/bbs/list.asp?boardid=33 

~    The Music Lovers Web:          www.bh2000.net/bbs/musicbbs/index.php ( all in Chinese)

~   Violinist's Web: http://www.violinist.com/index.cfm

~  North America Musicians' Association: http://www.scmna-axlusa.com/news/news07/news07data/headlines07/4.htm


For more info, please call

(510) 687-9558


Send an email


 


To Order Mr. Lei Zhang's CD

Mr. Zhang's first Violin Solo and Chamber Music CD Album was released on November 2001. It includes Mr. Zhang's live recordings with his American musical friends from 1993 to 1996. "From Mozart Duet to Chinese String Quartets"     and more ......

To order this special CD album: please send your Email to Mr. Zhang for Shipping and Handling info.  

Thank You!