Person in history
Ziyu He
Ziyu He, Chinese violinist
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1999 · April 24
- Age this year
- 27No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- violinist. Citizenship: People's Republic of China
- Born
- 27th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Ziyu He is a Chinese violinist. In 2011, he moved to Salzburg, Austria. At the age of 15, he won the 2014 Eurovision Young Musicians. He also won the Menuhin Competition in 2016.
Early life
Early life Ziyu He was born in 1999 in Qingdao and began playing the violin at the age of 5. [ 1 ] His first violin teacher was Professor Xiangrong Zhang. In 2010 he was introduced in Beijing to Professor Paul Roczek from the Mozarteum University Salzburg who recognized his exceptional talent and his great instrumental and artistic potential and invited him to study with him in Salzburg and to attend the International Summer Academy.
Path and career
Career Ziyu He performing in the final of Eurovision Young Musicians 2014 in Cologne, Germany. Ziyu was a prizewinner at the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University in 2011 and was invited to perform Johann Sebastian Bach 's Ciaconna at the Prizewinners' Concert during the Salzburg Festival . He returned to the Festival in 2012 and 2013. In June 2012 he was the recipient of the Szymon Goldberg Award of the Music Academy in Messen as the youngest participant in all age divisions.
Why this date
Ziyu He appears on our April 24 calendar for 1999 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1999.
- September 9Singapore Portrait Series currency notes
- December 3Worcester, Massachusetts
- January 17Little Saigon, Orange County
- October 22Maurice Papon
- July 91999 Iranian student protests
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Sources
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“Ziyu He”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/ziyu-he, accessed October 27, 2026.
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Questions about Ziyu He
When was Ziyu He born?
April 24 1999.
How old would Ziyu He be today?
27 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on April 24?
Kim Tae-ri, Batuhan Karadeniz, Veronika Kudermetova and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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