Tengyue Zhang won the 2017 Guitar Foundation of America (GFA) International Concert Artist Competition, one of the world’s most prestigious events.
His debut recital illustrates the moods, colors and techniques of the concert classical guitar from baroque transcriptions to masters of the twentieth-century genre such as Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Tansman, and Brouwer.
Despite being from very different backgrounds and time periods, several of the pieces share intriguing relationships in their use of variation form or thematic motifs and harmonic progressions.
Aside from the GFA, Tengyue Zhang has also won first prizes at other well-known competitions
- Austria’s Forum Gitarre Wien International Youth Competition
- Changsha International Guitar Competition
- Schadt String Competition 2017
- Alexander Frauchi International Competition in Moscow 2017.

• Scarlatti, D : Keyboard Sonata in D Major, K.53 / L.261 / P.161 (arr. Tengyue Zhang for guitar) 3:52
• Bach, J S : Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor BWV1004 : V. Ciaccona (Arr. Tengyue Zhang for Guitar) 14:18
• Tansman, A : Variations on a Theme of Scriabin 8:30
• Castelnuovo-Tedesco, M : 24 Caprichos de Goya op. 195 11:28
  • No. 12, No Hubo Remedio 6:19
  • No. 18, El Sueño de la Razón Produce Monstruos 5:09
• Brouwer, L : Rito de los Orishas 11:49
  • I. Exordium - Conjuro 3:32
  • II. Danza de las Diosas Negras 8:17
• Assad, S : Aquarelle 13:08
  • I. Divertimento 6:49
  • II. Valseana 3:17
  • III. Preludio e toccatina 3:02