abstract:Nancy Zhou (born January 5, 1993) is an American violinist. She was the first prize winner of the 2009 Johansen International Competition and of the 2009 Chinese International Violin Competition, a semi-finalist in the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition, a finalist and recipient of the Rastor special award for the best performance of Kaija Saariaho's Tocar at the 2010 Sibelius International Violin Competition in Helsinki, Finland, and a Laureate of the 2012 Queen Elisabeth Competition.