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Chengcheng Yao

Chengcheng Yao

Piano

M.M.A., Yale School of Music; M.M., The Juilliard School; B.M. China Conservatory; (D.M.A 2023 anticipated), The Peabody Institute.

Studies with Jerome Lowenthal, Matti Raekallio, Peter Frankl, Hung-Kuan Chen, Leon Fleisher, Yong Hi Moon. Solo appearances in New York City, Hamburg, Berlin, Beijing, Salzburg, Vienna, and Toronto. Soloist with orchestras including the Peabody Symphony under the baton of Marin Alsop, Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hebei Symphony Orchestra. Festival performances in the US, Italy, and Canada. First and special prize winner in 71st Steinway International Piano Competition, First prize in Sigma Alpha Iota Piano Concerto Competition and Harrison Winter Piano Competition, Silver Medal, 68th Wideman International Piano Competition. President, World Piano Teachers Association. (WPTA)