Junhong Zhou

Junhong Zhou, born in China, received his first violin lesson at age 4. Junhong received professional training at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music Middle School when he was 15. In 2009, he enrolled at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under Professor Jiamin Yuan, and received his M. M. degree in Violin Performance from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2020. Currently, Junhong is the fellowship recipient at the University of Iowa, and is pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree under the guidance of Dr. Scott Conklin. In 2016 he attended the Hong Kong International String Competition, where he won the Excellent Performer Award. Two years later, he was invited to provide a recital at CollabFest at the University of North Texas. He was assigned as one of the three concertmasters of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival in 2019 and had masterclasses with Lin He, Gregory Lee, Eva Cappelletti Chao, and Mari-Liis Calloway. With a strong recommendation from the school of music, he received an Iowa performance fellowship to pursue the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Iowa in Fall 2020. Moreover, Junhong was selected as the concertmaster of the University of Iowa Symphony Orchestra in 2021. As a musician, he performed in China - Beijing, Hongkong, Shanghai, Guiyang; in the United States - Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Iowa; in South Korea - Gumi. He served as a violin player in the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra from Jan. 2013 to Nov. 2017, where he gained experience and developed his career with some eminent conductors, such as Ricco Saccani, Matthew Kasper, Zuohuang Chen, and Joshua Tan.