As a concerto soloist, Zhu has appeared with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich under Paavo Järvi, London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, Festival Strings Lucerne, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and London Mozart Players, with whom she served as Artist-in-Residence from 2021 to 2023. She has appeared at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, and joined the Philharmonia Orchestra also at the Royal Albert Hall for a special live event with the acclaimed podcast The Rest Is History. Additional orchestral collaborations include Royal Northern Sinfonia, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra of Belgium under Maxim Vengerov, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Pomeranian Philharmonic, Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears and Orquesta de Extremadura. In 2021, she shared the stage with Irish band Westlife in a livestreamed performance of You Raise Me Up, viewed by more than 27 million people worldwide.
Zhu has performed in many of Europe’s leading concert halls, including London’s Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, BOZAR in Brussels, the Mozarteum Grosser Saal in Salzburg, KKL Luzern, Tonhalle Zürich Grosser Saal and Berliner Philharmonie. Festival appearances include the Lucerne Festival, Mozartfest Würzburg, Interlaken Classics, White Nights and Musical Olympus in St Petersburg, and Vadim Repin’s Trans-Siberian Art Festival. Recent recital highlights include appearances at Bechstein Hall in London, Fundación Juan March in Madrid, Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao, Wimbledon International Music Festival and Festival Flâneries de Reims. Selected performances have been broadcast on BR Radio and BBC Radio 3.
In 2022, Zhu became the youngest musician to be included in Classic FM’s “30 Brilliant Young Musicians Under 30”, published as part of the broadcaster’s 30th anniversary celebrations, and in 2021 she was named a Rising Star by BBC Music Magazine.
Zhu is a passionate advocate for education and the arts. Since 2022 she has been a Patron of the HarrisonParrott Foundation, focusing on expanding access to and engagement with classical music across generations. She has been featured on Classic FM, BBC News, ITV, Sky News, The Strad, The Violin Channel and Violinist.com, as well as in media outlets across Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and the USA. Through her popular YouTube and social media channels, she shares her enthusiasm for music, composers and creativity with a growing international audience.
