
We invite you to experience world-renowned musical ensembles and brilliant emerging artists in intimate concert settings.
Kevin Zhu, violin
Saturday, May 10, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, ISU
Kevin Zhu’s astonishing technical mastery and artistic sensibility have earned him major honors and accolades worldwide. The youngest recipient of the Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 2012, he went on to win the Paganini International Competition six years later, at 17. Recent concert tours have taken him to major stages of Berlin and Beijing, New York and Washington, DC. His mentors at the Juilliard School were Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin.
Praised for his “awesome technical command and maturity” (The Strad) and “absolute virtuosity, almost blinding in its incredible purity” (L’ape musicale), Kevin has performed on the world’s largest stages.

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Ames Town & Gown depends on donations from patrons like you.
The 2024-25 concert season is presented with the cooperation of the Department of Music and Theatre at Iowa State University.
Ames Town & Gown is supported in part through local option tax funds provided by the City of Ames through the Commission on the Arts.