Assistant Professor of Music Zhou Tian
Music professor work “Red Trees, Wrinkled Cliffs” will air on American Public Media’s Performance Today during the month of November.
Zhou’s alma mater, the in Philadelphia, commissioned the work, which was recorded by Performance Today during at the school last month. Host Fred Child also interviewed Zhou about the composition, played by guitarist and a trio of current Curtis students.
of the second movement in “Red Trees, Wrinkled Cliffs” as shown on PBS’s On Stage at Curtis in 2012, and this month to hear more music from Curtis, including Zhou’s full work and Child’s conversation with the composer.
is billed as America’s most popular classical program, broadcasting on 292 public radio stations and attracting 1.4 million listeners.
Zhou arrived at 鶹Ʒ in 2011. Since then, his works have been performed by leading orchestras such as the Cincinnati Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and 鶹Ʒ’s own symphony orchestra.