Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd.

Sharon Zhu was born and raised in Shanghai, China, and read music at University of Newcastle where she graduated with first-class honours. She was awarded a Naumberg Fellowship to study for her PhD in composition at Princeton University, USA, where she has worked with Paul Lansky, Steve Mackey, Barbara White, and Judith Weir. Recognition for her compositions has come from Avantgarde Schwatz, Austria (Young Composer's Award, 1999), National Association of Composers, USA (First Prize, Annual Composers Competition, 2000), and Mostly Modern, Ireland (Winner, Bank of Ireland International Composition Competition, 2001). She was composer-in-residence in the inaugural Newburyport Chamber Music Festival in Massachusetts in summer 2002. Sharon has also performed new music internationally, appearing in solo, duo and orchestral concerts. Since December 2002 she has worked for Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers in London, responsible for promoting their vast contemporary music catalogue all over the world.