Concerto Experience
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, Op.58 2024 · Revolutionary Orchestra · Avery Davidson, conductor · Boston University Marsh Chapel
Mozart – Piano Concerto in G major, K.453 2023 · Sinfonia da Camera · Ian Hobson, conductor · Tina Weedon Smith Memorial Hall, UIUC Reviewed by John Frayne in The News-Gazette
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No.1 in B♭ minor, Op.23 2022 · BU & NEC Friends’ Orchestra · Samuel Chung, conductor · BU Marsh Chapel 2014 · Hebei Province Symphony Orchestra · Peng Tuo, conductor · Shijiazhuang People’s Hall (China)
Ravel – Concerto for the Left Hand 2022 · Sinfonia da Camera · Ian Hobson, conductor · UIUC
Mozart – Piano Concerto in G major, K.453 2021 · Brookline Symphony Orchestra · Andrew Altenbach, conductor · All Saints Parish, Brookline, MA 2020 · BU Symphony Orchestra · James Burton, conductor · BU CFA Concert Hall (Originally scheduled to perform John Corigliano’s Piano Concerto; switched due to COVID-19)
Contemporary Music | Premieres & Projects
Rodney Lister-This Time Next Year (clarinet & piano)
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note (baritone & piano)
Again Later (soprano & piano)
Faith-Based Initiatives – 21 choral works CD album (piano accompanist)
Ketty Nez – suite française for solo piano (2025)
Current Album Recording Project (2025) Featuring works by American composers: Rodney Lister, Joshua Fineberg, Martin Amlin, Ketty Nez
2025 · Joshua Fineberg – Lightning
2025 · Martin Amlin – Piano Sonata No.5
2025 · Rodney Lister – Many’s the Time I’ve Seen Her Nude at the Piano
2024 · Time’s Arrow (Milton Babbitt) – Viola & Piano
2023 · Barcarola Latinoamericana (Gabriela Lena Frank) – BU Tsai Performance Center
2023 · Recital with Bass Trombonist Jing-Xiao Zeng
2022 · Eternal Equinox: Music of Rodney Lister, BU
Jazz | Performances, Research & Lecture Recitals
Harlem Stride Piano (1921–1943) Recording and Recital Project
Live performances at:
2021 Weatherford College (TX, with Dr. Hyeyoung Song)
2021 Gracepoint Media, Dallas, TX (with Dr. Hyeyoung Song)
2025 Boston University with Prof. Boaz Sharon
Works by: Fats Waller, J.P. Johnson, Mary Lou Williams, Art Tatum, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, and others
Two-piano duets: St. Louis Blues, Viper’s Drag (with Prof. Boaz Sharon)
Competitions & Awards
Winner – UIUC Summer Piano Institute Concerto Competition (2022, 2023)
Winner – Brookline Symphony Concerto Competition (2021)
Winner – BU@Carnegie Competition (2020)
Winner – BU Soloist (Concerto) Competition (2020)
1st Prize – Manhattan International Music Competition (2020)
1st Prize – New York Artist International Competition (2020)
3rd Prize – Lancaster International Piano Competition (2021)
Silver Award – WPTA Finland International Piano Competition (2021)
Recipient – John Liu NYS Senator Award (2020)
1st Prize - BU Piano Department Richmond Piano Solo Competition (2019)
Membership – Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society (2020)
And more, from China to Hong Kong between 2011–2019
Select Recitals
2025 · Performance at Lehman Hall (Harvard University)
2024 · Beethoven Symphony No.9 (Liszt transcription), Puerto Rico & BU
2024 · Baltic to Black Sea Festival, Kennebunk, Maine
2023 · Beethoven & Schubert Piano Trios (Symposium, BU)
2022–2023 · Two-piano concerts with Prof. Boaz Sharon (UIUC, BU, Puerto Rico)
2021 · Centennial of Carolina Shout (James P. Johnson)
2020 · Golden Age of Stride Piano Live Concert, BU
2017–2024 · Puerto Rico International Piano Festival
2017 · Performance at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
Recitals at: Belgium, UIUC, The Gilmore Festival, China, Florida, NJ, and more
Teaching Experience
Boston University
Teaching Assistant to Prof. Boaz Sharon (2015–present)
Teaching Assistant, Piano Department (2019–2022)
Brookline Chinese School
Principal & Piano Instructor (2023–present)
Past Appointments
Lyric Performing Arts Center, NJ
Montclair State University Preparatory Center
Golden Classical Awards at Carnegie Hall
Senior Instructor – Luomei Boyi Piano School (Beijing, 2005–2012)
Other Professional Engagements
Music Director / Organist at multiple churches (2017–2022)
Cultural Ambassador – Forte Yearly Music Festival, Shanghai (2025)
Performer & Translator – Xi’an Conservatory, Renjiaban Festival
Gilmore Fellow – Gilmore Keyboard Festival (2015)
Education
Boston University
DMA in Piano Performance (2025)
Artist Diploma (2017)
University of Illinois
Artist Diploma (2015)
China Conservatory of Music, Beijing
MA in Piano Performance (2013)
BA in Piano Performance (2010)
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