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2025–2026 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Recitals & Premieres



• Late July/August 2027 — Featured Artist Engagement with the Medtner Society of Korea


• October 13, 2026 — Carnegie Hall Debut Solo Recital at Weill Recital Hall 

The program will feature works by Prokofiev/Pletnev, Chen Yi, Stella Sung, Rodney Lister, and Nansong Huang including premieres and New York premieres:


Nansong Huang: Reflections on Dunhuang, Piano Suite for solo piano — U.S. premiere
Mary Lou Williams: Offertory Meditation
Stella Sung: The Persistence of Time for two pianos — commissioned work / world premiere, with Dr.EunAe Lee
Prokofiev/Pletnev: Cinderella for two pianos, with Prof. Boaz Sharon
Chen Yi: China West Suite for two pianos, with guest artist Yimiao Fang
Rodney Lister: new commissioned work, details to be confirmed


• June 29 - July 8, 2026 — 2026 Puerto Rico International Piano & Strings Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Performer


• May 25-31, 2026 — The 12th Ian Hobson International Piano Festival in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

Coordinator and Performer


• May 2, 2026 — Collaborative Pianist for Trombonist Jingxiao Zeng’s Solo Recital


• April 29, 2026 — Performed with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra for A Time to Remember at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School.


• April 23, 2026 — Collaborative Pianist for Violinist Chia-Yi Chen’s Solo Recital


• April 6, 2026 — Pianist in The Mosaic Series: Music of Marginalized Composers

Booth Lobby, Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music


• Mar 3, 2026 — Performance at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

In collaboration with violinists Gabriela Díaz and Stacie Lin


• February 27, 2026 — Lecture Recital: Chia-Yi Chen and Chengcheng Ma

Deciphering the Modern Violin Repertoire 

Technical Challenges as Interpretative Guides in Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano, Op. 46


• January 8, 2026 — New York City Debut Solo Recital
Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center · FYM Signed Artist Series · New York Premiere of Ketty Nez’s suite française; four-hands performance with Yimiao Fang, together with works by Chopin, Liszt, and Rodney Lister


• December 15, 2025 — Boston Recital
First Church Boston · Boston Premiere of Ketty Nez’s suite française and the Boston Premiere of Rodney Lister’s Many’s the Time I’ve Seen Her Nude at the Piano (1990), presented alongside major works by Chopin, Liszt, and a four-hands work by Zhao Zhang (with guest artist Ziwei Xu)


• November 14-15, 2025 — University of Mary Masterclass & Recital · World Premiere of Ketty Nez’s suite française (2024)


Orchestral & Ensemble Collaborations


• March 7, 2026 — Longwood Symphony Orchestra

Jordan Hall


• January 24, 2026 — Boston International Symphony Orchestra

Cary Hall, Lexington, Massachusetts

Mykola Lysenko: Waltz “Розлука / Farewell” (Boston & New England premiere) 

Guan Xia: Symphony No. 1 – Overture (Boston & New England premiere)

https://westaracademy.com/lessons/ols/products/boston-new-year-grand-musical-ball-2026


• Dec 6, 2025 — Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Performing as a member of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in the December 6 concert at Jordan Hall, featuring the U.S. premiere of Diana Syrse’s Colección de Realidades — with the composer in attendance — and joining cellist Joshua Roman for Saint-Saëns’s The Swan as an encore


• Fall 2025 — Coro Allegro
Piano collaboration under conductor David Hodgkins


Competition & Festival Leadership


• Dec 20-21, 2025 — Director of the Piano Jury, 2026 Sound of Music Australian International Arts Festival (North America Division)
Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church · Cambridge, MA

Competition & Master Series Concert


• Dec 10-15, 2025 — Kairos International Music Competition 2025 — Artist Jury

• January 30, 2026 — Artist Showcase Concert, Kairos International Music Competition
Falcetti Piano Newton
2284 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02462


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LATE JULY/AUGUST 2027 — FEATURED ARTIST ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MEDTNER SOCIETY OF KOREA

Pianist Chengcheng Ma has been invited to perform as a featured artist in an upcoming public concert presented by the Medtner Society of Korea in Seoul, South Korea. The engagement is scheduled for late July or August 2027 and will feature Ma in a solo and/or collaborative recital program as part of the society’s concert series.

JUNE 29–JULY 8, 2026 — PUERTO Rico International PIANO & STRINGS Festival

Pianist Chengcheng Ma has been accepted to the 2026 Puerto Rico International Piano & Strings Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ma was awarded a 25% merit scholarship and will participate in the festival’s piano and chamber music program.

 

May 25-31, 2026 — Ian Hobson International Piano Festival in Puerto Rico

May 25-31, 2026 — The 12th Ian Hobson International Piano Festival in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico


Coordinator and Performer

2026 Ian Hobson International Piano Festival Booklet


Festival Coordinator: Chengcheng Ma

 

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May 2, 2026 — Collaborative Pianist for Trombonist Jingxiao Zeng’s solo Recital

Performed as collaborative pianist for trombonist Jingxiao Zeng’s Doctor of Musical Arts recital at Hope International Church in Waltham, Massachusetts. The program featured works by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jules Semler-Collery, Jennifer Higdon, and Alexandre Guilmant.


Jingxiao Zeng, trombone

Chengcheng Ma, piano


Location: Hope International Church, Waltham, MA
Time: Saturd

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April 29, 2026 — Performed with the Longwood Symphony for “A Time to Remember” at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School

Honored to take part in A Time to Remember at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, as a member of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra.

 

 

April 23, 2026 — Collaborative Pianist for Violinist Chia-Yi Chen’s Solo Recital


Performed as collaborative pianist for Brahms’ Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 at Chia-Yi Chen’s DMA Final Recital, From Gentle Whispers to Majestic Crescendo: A Farewell in Sound, held at the Concert Hall, Boston University, College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. 

 

April 6, 2026 — Pianist in The Mosaic Series: Music of Marginalized Composers

https://mailchi.mp/d299c13f12d9/musings-sept-25-19883046?e=d55eb85099

 

Performed Mary Lou Williams’ Offertory Meditation as part of The Mosaic Series, featuring music of marginalized composers, at Booth Lobby, Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music.

 

 

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MARCH 7, 2026 — PERFORMANCE WITH THE LONGWOOD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT JORDAN HALL

Saturday, March 7, 2026, 8:00 p.m. 

New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall 


PIANO/CELESTE 

Chengcheng Ma

 

 

 

March 3, 2026 — Performance at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute with violinists Gabriela Díaz and Stacie Lin

Honored to perform today at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as a member of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra.


It was a great pleasure to collaborate with violinist Gabriela Díaz in William Grant Still’s Suite for Violin and Piano, as well as three of Still’s art songs arranged for violin and piano.


I also had the joy of performing Sarasate’s Navarra together with Gabriela Díaz and Longwood Symphony Orche

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FEB 27, 2026 — LERA AUERBACH’S 24 PRELUDES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, OP. 46

Lecture Recital: Chia-Yi Chen and Chengcheng Ma

Deciphering the Modern Violin Repertoire 

Technical Challenges as Interpretative Guides in Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for Violin and Piano, Op. 46


Chia-Yi Chen, Violin

Chengcheng Ma, Piano


February 27, 2026

11:00 AM at Room 410, Boston University, College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Ave, Boston

JAN 30, 2026 — ARTIST SHOWCASE CONCERT, KAIROS INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION

January 30, 2026 — Artist Showcase Concert, Kairos International Music Competition


Falcetti Piano Newton
2284 Washington Street, Newton, MA 02462


https://falcettiperformancehall.com/event/kairos-international-showcase-concert/

 

 

Kairos International Music Competition 2025 — Artist Jury

Kairos International Music Competition 2025 


https://www.kairoscompetition.com/

 

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Jan 24, 2026 — Boston International Symphony Orchestra

Performing as a member of Boston International Symphony Orchestra in the January 24 concert at Cary Hall, Lexington, Massachusetts

With sopranos Olga Lisovska and Yan Lian, and conductor Jorge Arturo Soto

 

https://westaracademy.com/lessons/ols/products/boston-new-year-grand-musical-ball-2026


https://bisorchestra.org


Featuring the Boston & New England premiere of Mykola Lysenko’s Waltz “Розлука / Farewell” and Guan Xia’s Symphony No. 1 – Overture, with the composer’s daughter in attendance.

Program


https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wsgKWHj_0_wv4ObsKxzufQ

 

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JAN 8, 2026 — Merkin Hall Recital

https://kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/chengcheng-ma-piano/

Program Booklet

 

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Dec 20-21, 2025 — THE 3RD 2026 AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL (North America Division) Master Series Concert

Director of the Piano Jury for the December 2025 North America Division of the Australian International Music Competition, held at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


https://www.eudainno.com/index.php?id=57

 

 

 

DEC 15, 2025 — First Church Boston Recital

https://firstchurchboston.org/events/chengcheng-ma-concert/

https://www.classical-scene.com/calendar/

 Program Booklet

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Dec 6, 2025 — Longwood Symphony Orchestra

Performing as a member of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in the December 6 concert at Jordan Hall

https://longwoodsymphony.org/concerts/dec6-2025-jemp6

Featuring the U.S. premiere of Diana Syrse’s Colección de Realidades — with the composer in attendance

And joining cellist Joshua Roman for Saint-Saëns’s The Swan as an encore

Program Booklet

 

 

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Nov 14-15 2025 — University of Mary Masterclass + Recital

Recital Poster Nov 15

Materclass Program Nov 14

Pics of Master Class Nov 14

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