Zuo You
Voice: Tenor
Country of birth: China
Date of birth: 24 April 1991
He commenced his tertiary musical education at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 2011 and continued with the M.A. program of the same institution. He attended the masterclasses of Nicholas Clapton and Fressis Reggel. In 2011, he won first prize (Kongque Award) of the National Singing Competition of China. In 2013, he was invited as a soloist by th Liszt Academy to perform Bruckner’s Te Deum in Saint Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest. In the same year, he collaborated in the official opening ceremony of the restored Liszt Academy. He also took to the stage of the Hungarian State Opera House in Goldmark’s The Winter’s Tale, he acted as Tamino at the opera examination of the Liszt Academy. His repertoire includes moreover Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Ernesto in Don Pasquale and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonetto 104 di Petrarca)
Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima – Nemorino’s Romance from L'elisir d'amore
Mozart: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön – Tamino’s Aria from Die Zauberflöte
Semi-final
Gounod: L’amour! L’amour!... Ah! Lève-toi, soleil! – Roméo’s Cavatina from Roméo et Juliette
Donizetti: Povero Ernesto!... Cerchero lontana terra – Ernesto’s Aria from Don Pasquale
Final
Donizetti: Fra poco a me ricovero – Edgardo’ Aria from Lucia di Lammermoor
Gounod: Salut! demeure chaste et pure – Faust’s Aria from Faust
Puccini: Che gelida manina – Rodolfo’s Aria from La bohème