Born in China, 12-year-old pianist Peng Peng has won numerous competitions including the Juilliard School's 2003/04 Pre-college Mozart Piano Concerto Competition. In his native country, he took first prize in the 2002 China National Youth Piano Competition of Xiamen and also won the Jiang-Su Youth Piano Competition's "Piano Prodigy Prize" at the age of six.

Peng Peng began piano lessons at the age of five and, at the age of eight, gave his first public recital in Nanjing. In 2002, he made his concerto debut with the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra playing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1.

Upcoming performances include a New Jersey debut at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center with the Philharmonic Orchestra of New Jersey and a European debut at the Musee du Louvre in Paris.

Peng Peng is currently studying with Yoheved Kaplinksy in the Juilliard Pre-College Division. A former student of the Shanghai music primary school, he studied formerly with Hui-Fang Ye, Jian-Zhong Wang and Zhi-Jue Chao.

An avid composer, Peng Peng studies composition at Juilliard with Andrew Thomas. Thus far, he has written two works for solo piano, a cello/piano duo, a string quintet, and a symphony.

PRESS QUOTES:

"Beautiful playing - he has the sound of an adult and amazing musical insight. Truly extraordinary!" 
(Andrew Thomas, Chair: Pre-College Division, The Juilliard School)

"He has a very special power of communication along with a wonderful sound." 
(Joseph W. Polisi, President: The Juilliard School)