Biography
Jinglin Zhou, a 23-year-old violist, is currently pursuing master degree at The Juilliard School in New York, under the mentorship of Carol Rodland and Samuel Rhodes. Born in 2002 in Hunan, China, Jinglin began his musical journey at the age of 10 with violin before transitioning to viola. In 2023, he won the 1st place in viola division at the 5th Hong Kong International String Competition. His original cadenza for C.Stamitz Viola Concerto also won the first Cadenza Competition at SHCM, which was later published by the Shanghai Educational Press in 2022.
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