Wang, Zhao

Biography

Chinese-born pianist Zhao Wang is currently the Assistant Professor of Piano and Collaborative Piano and Director of Accompanying at Central Michigan University School of Music.

An avid soloist and collaborative musician, Zhao has performed in cities throughout Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, the United States, Japan, Thailand, and China, in venues such as the Banff Centre, the Kennedy Center, and the Shanghai Grand Theatre. In recent seasons, she collaborated in concerts with renowned university faculties and members of major orchestras including Philippe Berrod, Rachel Childers, Richard Dean, Amir Eldan, Maura Marimucci, Denise Tryon, Stephen Williamson, among many others. As a founding member of the Circulo Trio (clarinet-violin-piano), she performed in multiple seasons at the Thailand International Composition Festival and in over twenty concert tours spanning North America, Thailand, and China. Placing a unique focus on interdisciplinary works, Circulo Trio has brought attention to compositions that incorporate ballet and theatrical elements into the chamber music recital space.

A dedicated educator, Zhao is committed to working with young musicians and to cultivating more concert goers of all ages. She has been serving as an adjudicator at the Michigan Piano SAT since 2018 and serves as faculty at the European Summer Piano Academy in Belgium. She teaches regularly at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp as a piano instructor and at Interlochen Summer Intensive as a collaborative piano faculty. She has also given master classes and recitals in universities and conservatories in China, Thailand, and the U.S.  

Zhao received her degrees in Piano Performance, Collaborative Piano, and Piano Pedagogy from Eastman School of Music and Michigan State University. She is forever grateful for the guidance she received from professors Deborah Moriarty, Nelita True, Boris Slutsky, Hung-Kuan Chen, and Chen Jiang.