周灏是一个获得国际赞誉的美国小提琴家，专业杂志“音乐美国”毫不吝啬赞誉他的“富有个性、热情洋溢、勇敢且毫不张扬的才华“。他曾于二零一九荣获蒙特利尔国际小提琴大赛冠军，以及班夫国际弦乐四重奏比赛冠军。他也是唯一同年获得过国际大赛独奏冠军和室内乐冠军的音乐家。最近，他的室内乐队又获得极有声望的艾弗里·费舍尔职业拨款资助。他在世界上很多大城市都有过成功的演出，其中就有巴黎，柏林，布鲁塞尔，大阪，纽约，北京，蒙特利尔，班夫，和伦敦。

灏出生于北京，父母一九八六年本科就读清华大学。他五岁开始音乐课，在美国佛罗里达度过童年。八岁搬到洛杉矶大都市，九岁时与四季交响乐团进行了独奏首演，十二岁时在卡内基音乐厅进行了首演。从那时起，他先后与蒙特利尔交响乐团、唐尼交响乐团和半岛交响乐团合作，与埃萨-佩卡·萨洛宁、亚历山大·雪莱和蒂埃里·费舍尔等指挥家合作过演出。他曾与国际知名艺术家如伊曼纽尔·阿克斯、埃利索·维萨拉泽、奥里安·魏斯、诺亚·本迪克斯-巴格利、罗伯托·迪亚兹、克莱夫·格林史密斯和保罗·科莱蒂等国际知名艺术家合作演出过。

高中毕业后被普林斯顿大学提前录取，他最终选择进入洛杉矶科尔本音乐学院追求音乐梦想，在那里他师从著名的小提琴大师马丁·比弗。灏是科尔本学院最高奖项弗朗西斯·罗森小提琴奖的第一位获得者。之后进入最顶尖的费城柯蒂斯音乐学院完成表演硕士学位。

灏是屡获殊荣的Viano Quartet的创始成员，目前是著名的纽约林肯中心室内乐协会驻演音乐家。他的乐队还斩获过ENKOR室内乐比赛特等奖以及威格莫尔音乐厅国际弦乐四重奏比赛大奖。除了繁忙的巡演日程外，他的室内乐队还是青少年音乐教育的忠实倡导者，并与很多音乐组织合作表演、开办大师班和讲座，这其中包括Music@Menlo、纽约州立大学布法罗分校、科尔本音乐学校、杜克大学、加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学、北密歇根大学、犹他州立大学、丹佛大学，弗吉尼亚联邦大学，以及最近的加拿大维多利亚大学。

灏目前居住在费城，也经常到纽约交流与表演。

As the only violinist to be both a Grand Laureate of the Montreal International Violin Competition and a First Prize winner of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, American violinist Hao Zhou rose to unique international acclaim in 2019, captivating audiences with performances that are "personal, impassioned, courageous, and unostentatiously brilliant” (Musical America). Recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2025, Hao has performed nearly every major concert hall in cities such as Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Osaka, New York City, Beijing, Montreal, Banff, and London.

Raised in Southern California, Hao made his solo debut with the Four Seasons Symphony Orchestra at the age of 9 and his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 12. Since then, he has performed with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Downey Symphony Orchestra, and Peninsula Symphony Orchestra alongside conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alexander Shelley, and Thierry Fischer. He has performed in concert alongside internationally distinguished artists such as Emanuel Ax, Elisso Virsaladze, Orion Weiss, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Roberto Diaz, Clive Greensmith, and Paul Coletti.

Hao is a founding member of the award-winning Viano Quartet, currently in-residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. In addition to their busy touring schedule, the quartet are also dedicated advocates of music education, and have worked with students at Music@Menlo, SUNY Buffalo, the Colburn Academy, Duke University, University of British Columia, Northern Michigan University, Utah State University, University of Denver, and Virginia Commonwealth University. This season, they will be returning to University of Victoria for several weeks of residency which will include performances, masterclasses and lectures. Committed to engaging with communities outside the concert hall, the Viano has collaborated with actors and scriptwriters in a theater show called "Over The Top," a Musical Encounter Interactive presentation they scripted, developed and performed at the Colburn School for inner city school children. His many awards with the Viano Quartet also include the Grand Prize at the ENKOR Chamber Music Competition as well as Third Prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition.

Hao currently resides in Philadelphia and is a graduate of the Curtis Institute and the Colburn Conservatory in Los Angeles, where he studied extensively with Martin Beaver. He was the first recipient of the Frances Rosen Violin Prize, the largest prize for a student at Colburn.