Zhang Le

Lauded by Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) as "a rising young star with a remarkable gift" for their collaboration on the Zen Shaolin Project, jazz singer and composer Le Zhang leads the wave of Chinese artists who bring the power of traditional Chinese musicial arts to the home of American jazz.
Le Zhang won the Sir Roland Hanna Memorial Award for Jazz Performance in New York City and is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music. Equally as arranger and vocalist, she is currently active as a performer in both New York and Shanghai.
Le Zhang recently performed at 2011 Shanghai International Jazz Festival, at Bryant Park Fall Festival in New York, and at Asia Society's Chindia Dialogues Forum in New York. Her original music and arrangements of Chinese traditional folk songs in modern jazz context are capturing the attention of the American and Chinese public alike.