“The Steinway Piano is the only piano I trust fully on stage. It's sound and ability to create a wide range of expressions makes me feel like I have a true friend on stage. The Steinway Piano is truly an extension of my voice.”
Chiao-Wen Cheng
A versatile musician and educator, Taiwanese pianist Chiao-Wen Cheng has performed as
soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in major venues throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Cheng has become a sought-after collaborative partner through her sensitive playing, vibrant sound colors, and detailed voicing. Cheng has performed with violinist Juliana Athayde, and Robin Scott, cellist Steve Doane, Guy Johnston, and Astrid Schween, and members of many major orchestras. She has also performed at the Aspen Music Festival, the Atlantic Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, the International Bass Convention, International Trombone Festival, International Viola Congress, society for Chamber Music in Rochester, Seattle Symphony Chamber Music Series, and the Southeast Trombone Symposium. Since 2019, Cheng has been an Artist-Faculty Piano Collaborator at the Perlman Music Program.
Cheng’s solo engagements include concerto performances with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Greece Symphony, and other major orchestras, as well as solo recitals in major venues in Shanghai, Taipei, San Francisco, New York, and more. Cheng has won numerous piano competitions and awards, including the Clara Ascherfeld Award in Excellence in Accompanying (2009); the Excellence in Accompanying Award at Eastman School of Music (2010); and first prizes in the the Piano Texas International Academy and Festival Concerto Competition (2010) and the Schubert Club Competition (2012).
Cheng began piano lessons with her aunt at the age of four. She completed her bachelor’s
degree at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as a student of FrankWeinstock, and her master’s degree at Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University as a student of Benjamin Pasternack. Cheng holds a doctoral degree from the Eastman School ofMusic. Cheng is currently an Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano and Chamber Music atthe Eastman School of Music. She joined the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra as a Principal Keyboard in 2022.
Chiao-Wen Cheng is a Steinway Artist.