Rational Music Studios Information

Clara Zhang is an international concert pianist and piano teacher based in New York City. While a student at Tianjin Conservatory, she was selected in 2000 to perform with an international group which toured the United States. She attended Washburn University in Kansas on a full scholarship and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance. She was then awarded a teaching assistantship at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she received a Master of Music in Piano Performance. Zhang performs regularly in concert halls in the US and China. In 2009, she was invited by Maestro Norman Gamboa to perform the Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1, Op.15 with the Washburn Symphony Orchestra in Kansas, receiving critical acclaim. She continues to perform both solo repertoire and chamber music. Her collaboration with cellist Analissa Martinez in the Firebird Duo was featured on the Alive with Clive TV show as well as in the Abrons Arts Center in New York City. With clarinetist Yi-Chuan Chen, Ms. Zhang has performed as the CYC Duo at the Waltz-Astoria in Queens, Snapple Theater on Broadway and venues in Long Island City and Brooklyn. Recent appearances include a duo recital at Carnegie Hall, solo & chamber recitals at Mannes Recital Hall, the Goldmark Hall, Yamaha Artist Center, New York Bar Association, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and Lincoln Center. In the summer of 2012, Zhang opened Rational Music Studios (RMS), a private piano studio based in Manhattans Upper East Side. Here, Zhang offers classical music instruction focusing on conceptual understanding and proper technique. Recently, RMS has expanded from Manhattan into Brooklyn and Queens. Zhangs students have won prizes and performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and been accepted into performing arts schools. (Mark Twain Middle School and LaGuardia High School). In addition to its core mission of music instruction, RMSs founding philosophy also includes presenting musicians of various ages and abilities. ...