At the age of 10, Zhiheng Guo was accepted into the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He continues to study in the Conservatory’s middle school, under the guidance of Professor Beihua Tang. Now 13, Zhiheng has won many awards, including 2nd prize in the Shanghai Steinway National Piano Competition for Young Musicians (2007), 1st prize in the International Music Festival in Jiansu (2010), and 1st prize in the concerto competition of the Beijing International Music Festival and Academy. Through various music festivals and piano academies, he has been tutored by prestigious teachers from around the world.
| Disklavier Audition |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2, First Movement |
| Franz Liszt |
Transcendental Etude No. 5, "Feux Follets", S. 139/5 |
| Franz Liszt |
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, S. 244/12 |
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| First Round |
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| Johann Sebastian Bach |
Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, WTC II, BWV 885 |
| Frederic Chopin |
Etude Op. 25 No. 10 in B Minor |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, First Movement |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Toccata in D Minor, Op. 11 |
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| Second Round |
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| Franz Schubert |
Impromptu Op. 90 No. 4, in A-flat Major, D899 |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28 |
| Claude Debussy |
La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune, Ondine From Preludes, Book II |
| Franz Liszt |
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, S. 244/12 |
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| Semi-Final Round |
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| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Thirty-Two Variations in C Minor, WoO 80 |
| Claude Debussy |
Images I |
| Franz Liszt |
Apres une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata, S.161 |
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| Finals |
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| Frederic Chopin |
Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11, First Movement |
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