Christopher Zandieh began his piano studies at age 4 on Long Island, and, by age 6, enrolled at the School for Strings in NYC as a student of Marina Obukovsky. He was accepted to the Juilliard School’s Pre-College division at age 10, where he studied with Ernest Barretta for 7 years until his graduation.

 

Christopher had his first performance at Carnegie Hall at age 6 and returned there three years later as the Grand Prix Winner of the Concert Festival International Competition. He has participated in several masterclasses within the past few years with renown pianists, including Lydia Artymiw, Andreas Klein and international virtuoso Lang Lang. In October 2014, Christopher was chosen from among 100 pianists as the featured soloist to perform for Mr. Lang as part of the international 101 Pianists Program at the Tilles Center on Long Island. In 2016, he was a semi-finalist in the Kaufman International Youth Piano Competition. Later the same year, Christopher was a featured soloist at the Piano Showcase in Rochester, NY, for the annual NYS School Music Association Conference. In the same month, Christopher won the annual piano competition at Juilliard’s Pre-College Division and performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 with the Juilliard Pre-College Symphony at Peter Jay Sharp Theater in Lincoln Center. A month later, he was chosen as a finalist for the Chappaqua Orchestra Concerto Competition, the Ensemble 212 Young Artist Competition, and the NY Chamber Players Orchestra Competition.

 

In 2018, Christopher was the 2nd prize winner of the Chappaqua Orchestra Concerto Competition, as well as the NYCP competition. In June 2019, Christopher was the invited guest soloist at the Opening Gala of the 2019 MostArts Festival in upstate New York, performing the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 with the festival orchestra, as the Grand Prize winner of the MostArts 2018 Competition. That December, he was a finalist in the 6th Rosalyn Tureck International Bach Competition and a winner of the National YoungArts Competition.

 

Christopher’s past recitals have included performances as guest soloist with the NYCP Orchestra, as well as solo performances at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Room and Juilliard’s Paul Hall. He is currently a sophomore at New York University where he studies with Eduardus Halim.