Niu Niu

Born in China in 1997, Niu Niu made his concert debut just after his sixth birthday and at eight, he became the youngest student in the 85-year history of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Niu Niu (meaning “Little Ox”) is currently a student with Professor Hung-Kuan Chen at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In 2007 Niu Niu became the youngest pianist ever to sign an exclusive recording contract with an international classical label – EMI Classics now Warner Classics. In July 2008, he released his debut album, Niu Niu plays Mozart followed by the complete Chopin Etudes in 2010 and Liszt Transcriptions in 2012.

Career highlights to date include an invitation to London’s Royal Festival Hall to perform Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and in recital at such prestigious venues as London’s Wigmore Hall, Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts, Shanghai Oriental Centre, and Suntory Hall Tokyo.