Pianist Xiaolu Zang is steadily gaining international recognition as a thoughtful and expressive artist of his generation, praised for his “deepest musical understanding, highest precision and virtuosity, profound inner expressive power, and an almost unbelievable richness of tone color” (ZF Kunststiftung). A First Prize and Audience Prize laureate at the Maria Canals International Music Competition, and Second Prize winner at the Paloma O’ Shea Santander International Piano Competition, Xiaolu has performed at prestigious venues including the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, Palau de la Música Catalana, Palacio Euskalduna, Regentenbau Bad Kissingen, Salle Cortot, and Teatro Municipal de Santiago.

His career has taken him across Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Africa, collaborating with orchestras such as the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro RTVE, Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, Orquesta Ciudad de Almería, Jove Orquestra Nacional de Catalunya, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, and ‘Mihail Jora’ Philharmonic Orchestra of Bacau. He has worked under esteemed conductors including Gustavo Gimeno, Pablo González, Michael Thomas, Douglas Bostock, Manel Valdivieso, Iván López-Reynoso, Hankyeol Yoon, Frank Braley, Valtteri Rauhalammi, Florian Groß, and Ovidiu Balan. As a chamber musician, Xiaolu has performed with the Cuarteto Casals, Castalian String Quartet, and Karol Szymanowski Quartet, and clarinetist Claudia Aliaj.

Highlights of the 2025-26 season include his performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid under Gustavo Gimeno at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid; performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.3 with the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa under Iván López-Reynoso at the Palacio Euskalduna; a recital with clarinetist Claudia Aliaj at Ateneo de Madrid. Upcoming engagements feature collaborations with major Spanish orchestras such as Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, and Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife, alongside distinguished conductors Johanna Malangré and Vasily Petrenko.

Born in Qinhuangdao, China, Xiaolu began piano studies at age four under Professor Yaqing Pan, and continued his education at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music Middle School with Professor Ye Lin. Currently based in Hannover, Germany, he studies with Professor Arie Vardi.