Hailed by critics for her remarkable technique, tonal beauty and musicianship, Angela Cheng is one of Canada’s most distinguished and respected pianists. In addition to regular guest appearances with virtually every orchestra in Canada, she has performed with the symphony orchestras of Saint Louis, Houston, Indianapolis, Colorado, Utah, San Diego, and Jacksonville, as well as the philharmonic orchestras of Buffalo, Louisiana, Rhode Island, London, Israel, and Minas Gerais in Brazil. As a recitalist, soloist, and chamber musician, Cheng has performed at, the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), 92nd Street Y and Carnegie Hall (New York City), and Wigmore Hall (London). A member of the Zukerman Trio and Chamber Players, she has also appeared at the Musikverein (Vienna), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Mariinsky Concert Hall (St. Petersburg), and the Sydney Opera House. International festival appearances include Verbier, Edinburgh, Miyazaki, Stars of the White Nights (St. Petersburg), and George Enescu (Romania). North American festival performances include Banff, Chautauqua, and Colorado, among others. Cheng also appears regularly on concert series throughout the United States and Canada and has collaborated with the Takács, Colorado, and Vogler quartets. She is regularly invited to give master classes at schools throughout North America and in Asia and has served on the jury of numerous competitions. Cheng was awarded the Gold Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Masters Competition and was the first Canadian to win the prestigious Montreal International Piano Competition. She has also been honored with the Canada Council’s coveted Career Development Grant and the Medal of Excellence for outstanding interpretations of Mozart from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. A native of Hong Kong, Cheng studied extensively with Sascha Gorodnitzki and Menahem Pressler, earning degrees from The Juilliard School (B.M.) and the IU Jacobs School of Music (M.M.). She is currently on the artist faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she was honored with the 2011-12 Excellence in Teaching Award.

Pianist Alvin Chow has appeared throughout North America and in Asia as an orchestral soloist and recitalist. In addition, he has performed extensively in duo-piano recitals with his wife, Angela Cheng, and his twin brother, Alan. A native of Miami, Florida, he graduated summa cum laude and co-valedictorian at the University of Maryland (B.M.), where he was a student of Nelita True. Chow received the Victor Herbert Prize in Piano upon graduation from The Juilliard School (M.M.), where he studied with Sascha Gorodnitzki, and held the Joseph Battista Memorial Scholarship as a student of Menahem Pressler at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (D.M.). Chow was the first Fulbright College Visiting Artist in Piano at the University of Arkansas (1987-88). He later taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since 1999, he has been a member of the artist faculty at Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he is currently chair of the Piano Department and the Ruth Strickland Gardner Professor of Music. Chow has performed in major concert halls, including the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), Orchestra Hall (Chicago), Weill and Steinway Halls (New York City), and the Mozarteum (Salzburg, Austria). He has presented as recitalist in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Detroit, and Miami, and has appeared as soloist with the National, Colorado, and Alabama symphony orchestras, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Pan-Asia Symphony (Hong Kong), and the Mozarteum Orchestra (Salzburg), among others. Chow has won first prize in such competitions as the Civic Orchestra of Chicago Young Soloists Competition, National Symphony Young Soloists Competition, and IU Concerto Competition. He has been heard on National Public Radio’s Performance Today and on CBC Radio in Canada. Chow has presented numerous master classes and lectures throughout the United States and abroad. He has been an invited convention artist for numerous state MTNA conferences and has served on a host of national and international competition juries.