User:H-zhao 01

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Instruments

cnd-4

This user is a professional conductor.

fp-4

This user is a professional fortepianist.

hpd-4

This user is a professional harpsichordist.

bc-4

This user is a professional basso continuo player.

acmp-4

This user is a professional accompanist.

arr-4

This user is a professional arranger.

com-3

This user is an advanced composer.

org-1

This user is a novice organist.

rec-1

This user is a novice recorder player.

Babel

zh	此用户中文达到母语水平。

en	This user speaks English.

de	Dieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch.

This user uses
GNU LilyPond.

This user uses
Frescobaldi.

This user uses
Dorico.

Biography

(as of October 2025)

Han Zhao is recognised as a historically informed performance (HIP) specialist conductor, fortepianist, harpsichordist, concert producer, music editor and engraver, and composer.

As a conductor and early keyboardist, Han Zhao has produced several concerts concerning HIP. He initiated concert series Classical Spirit in Romantic Music in 2023, also working as artistic director, producer, conductor, and keyboardist and having successfully held several concerts in major cities worldwide like Beijing, Shanghai, and London. He has conducted and performed with global orchestras including Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra.

Han Zhao is also active in promoting HIP. His article Understanding the Natural Horn, Understanding Natural Music, split in two parts, was published on Music Weekly, Beijing, 6 & 13 September 2023. He has been hosting an interview series on HIP at Beijing Global Audiovisual Publishing House since 2024, having worked with organist and harpsichordist Prof. Fanxiu Shen, harpsichordist A/Prof. Kai Liu, musicologist A/Prof. Shubing Jia, composer and conductor Leyou Wang, &c.

As a composer of early music, Han Zhao's Suite for the Organ in a Hybrid of Baroque and Contemporary Styles (2021) was selected for the first issue of project ‘Chinese Creativity on the Organ’ initiated by organist A/Prof. Yuan Shen in Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM), Beijing in 2021.

Han Zhao is an Artist in Collaboration with Beijing Global Audiovisual Publishing House at the CCOM, and a Member of the Spring Bird Project initiated by the Yu Long Studio in Shanghai. He graduated and was awarded Bachelor of Arts (BArt) at the CCOM in 2024, and currently studies historical performance and conducting for Master of Music (MMus) at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London.