Performance: Fulton Chamber Players

Aitong Zhang 张艾彤
Violin

A rising talent of her generation, AiTong Zhang 张艾彤 has been a prize winner at the Hong Kong International Piano Invitation Competition and the IAC International Piano Competition, and has been awarded fi rst prize at the 2021 SAE National Youth Competition
and the 2017 Franz Schubert International Piano Competition. As a member of the Fulton Chamber Players, Zhang has given masterclasses and recitals at universities such as Taipei National University of the Arts, Hansei University, Chinese Culture University, Fu Jen University, and Aletheia University. She has performed on stages across the United States, Mexico, Japan, Korea, and China, and upcoming performances this year are scheduled in Paris, Ho Chi Minh City, Guangzhou, Hawaii, Florida, and Wisconsin. She began her piano journey at the age of fi ve and soon after joined the studio of Professor Li Qi. Zhang later earned admission to the prestigious High School attached to Guangzhou Xinghai Conservatory of Music. There, she continued to study piano under the guidance of Professor Zhu Qing, and later with Professor Peter Takács at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Professor Alexander Shtarkman at the Peabody Institute of Music.. She has attended the Gijón International Piano Festival, North Coast Piano Festival, Montecito International Music Festival and Fulton Summer Music Academy, where she is now Faculty Artist in Residence.

Addison Teng 鄧丞修

Violinist Addison Teng 鄧丞修 is an internationally sought-after performer and teacher. He has given solo and chamber music performances across North America, Europe, and Asia. Teng is a founding member of the Fulton Chamber Players, who recently made their debut performance at Newport Classical in Rhode Island, and has played with the Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago. In 2018 he received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award at Oberlin College and Conservatory and is a Distinguished Alumnus of the Meadowmount School of Music, and has been inducted into Marquis Who’s Who.
Teng is president and founder of the nonprofi t Fulton Music Society and is the director of the Fulton Summer Music Academy, Fulton In Residence, and Fulton Conservatory of Music programs. Teng began his teaching career as a teaching assistant at the Meadowmount School of Music and Northwestern University Bienen School of Music, assisting Sally Thomas, Amy Barlowe, and Roland and Almita Vamos. He has given masterclasses and coachings at Colburn School of Music, Lawrence University, Eastman Pre-College, Pôle Sup’93 in La Courneuve, France, Taiwan National University of Arts,
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, New World School of the Arts, Istituto Musicale Sammarinese in San Marino, Conservatorio Bruno Maderna in Cesena, Italy, Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “Pietro Mascagni” in Livorno, Italy, and Conservatório Villa-Lobos in Rio de Janeiro.
Teng’s students have recently placed at competitions both locally and nationally, have been admitted to top universities and conservatories and awarded Fulbright and Wells scholarships. His students have gone on to win jobs in major orchestras all across the USA. Teng’s students have soloed with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Springfi eld Symphony, Denver Young Artist Orchestra, and Montecito Festival Orchestra, and have been guest concertmaster of Fort Wayne Philharmonic.
Teng graduated with a Master of Music in Violin Performance and String Pedagogy from Northwestern University Bienen School of Music and received his Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music. His principal teachers and mentors have included Joey Corpus, Sally Thomas, Ann Setzer, Roland and Almita Vamos, Peter Takács, Amy Barlowe, and Karen Ritscher.

The Fulton Chamber Players is a classical music ensemble uniting world-class artists to present exceptional programs. Our members are passionate about bringing the highest quality performances to audiences as well as inspiring the next generation of musicians. The Fulton Chamber Players operates under the aegis of the Fulton Music Society, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming what music means in the 21st century by nurturing thoughtful, well-rounded students through dedicated music study. They are working to connect the dots between student life and the professional world by emphasizing skills and experiences that translate beyond their instruments. Through Fulton’s programs, young musicians will be ready to lead their generation in any field they choose.

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