C.V.

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

2026 · Carnegie Hall Debut Solo Recital (Weill Recital Hall) 

The program will feature works by Ketty Nez, Rodney Lister, and Chen Yi, including premieres and New York premieres.

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)

2025 · Longwood Symphony Orchestra – Jordan Hall, Boston (December 6, 2025) 

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

2025 · Rodney Lister – Faith-Based Initiatives – 21 choral works CD album (piano accompanist)

2025 · Ketty Nez – suite française for solo piano (2024)

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

his Time Next Year (clarinet & piano)

Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note (baritone & piano)

Again Later (soprano & piano)

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 Concerts

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

May, 2026 — Ian Hobson Piano Festival in Puerto Rico

Coordinator and Performer

Jordan Hall

January 30, 2026 — Kairos International Competition Artists Showcase Concert

Falcetti Performance Hall

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

January 24, 2026 — Boston International Symphony Orchestra 

Cary Hall, Lexington, Massachusetts

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

Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center

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

First Church Boston

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

Jordan Hall

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

Masterclass & Recital

2025 · Recital at Hunneman Hall - Brookline Village

https://brooklinelibrary.libcal.com/event/15033356

2025 · Recital at Chapel, Arlington Street Church

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

Competition Jury

Cambridge, MA

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

Artist Jury

https://www.kairoscompetition.com/

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)