Leia Zhu, violin

Leia Zhu

Violinist Leia Zhu has performed on stage since the age of 4 and made her debut with the London Symphony Orchestra at the age of 14. In 2024 she made her BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall in July 2024 and made a debut at Wigmore Hall debut October 2024.

BBC Music Magazine’s 2021 Christmas edition named 15 year old Leia as ‘Rising Star’ and she was the youngest musician to be listed in Classic FM’s list of 30 brilliant musicians under the age of 30 compiled for their 30th Anniversary celebrations.

Pianist Dina Duisen

Leia will be accompanied by Kazakh-British pianist Dina Duisen, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music who has played internationally in the USA, Italy and Kazakhstan and at many well known UK venues including Cadogan Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Oxford Piano Festival.

Programme

• Mozart – Sonata in G major, K. 301
• Franck – Violin Sonata

  Interval

• Stravinsky – Suite Italienne
• Saint-Saëns – Havanaise
• Sarasate – Introduction and Tarantella