“…Yiran Zhao, a quadruple-threat musician …”
“Sophisticated harmonic sense—serious, slow moving, lovely, well orchestrated for the voices. The occasional moments of tonal repose are especially surprising, lovely, … Terrific energy and good control between ‘clean’ and ‘pedaled’ events …”
— The American Prize for Composition (2024)
“…Yiran Zhao marshaled a majestic tonal shift that transformed the orchestra into one living, breathing animal. The multi-part choral denouement made my hairs stand on end just as Ravel’s miraculous music did when I first heard the piece a decade ago. …”
— The Berkshire Eagles
Upcoming
Covering: Curtis Opera Theater, Kaija Saariaho’s La Passion de Simone
Feb 26, 2026, 7pm; Feb 28, 2026, 2pm: Philadelphia Film Center
Conducting: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Bedřich Smetana’s “The Moldau” from Má Vlast
April 3, 2026, 1:30pm: Symphony Hall, Boston
Singing: Apollo’s Fire on Tour, O Jerusalem
April 12, 2026, 5pm: Society for Ethical Culture, New York City
Conducting: Gewandhaus Mendelssohn-Orchesterakademie, Paul Hindemith’s Kammermusik Nr. I op. 24/1
June 28, 2026, 11am: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig
Conducting: Bamberg Symphony, The Mahler Competition 2026
June 23 to July 3, 2026: Konzerthalle Bamberg
