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Born in China, 12-year-old pianist Peng Peng has
won numerous competitions including the Juilliard School's
2003/04 Pre-college Mozart Piano Concerto Competition.
In his native country, he took first prize in the 2002
China National Youth Piano Competition of XiamenShanghai
and also won the Jiang-Su Youth Piano Competition's "Piano
Prodigy Prize" at the age of six. Peng Peng began
piano lessons at the age of five and, at the age of
eight, gave his first public recital in Nanjing. In
2002, he made his concerto debut with the Xiamen Philharmonic
Orchestra playing Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1. Upcoming
performances include a New Jersey debut at the New
Jersey Performing Arts Center with the Philharmonic
Orchestra of New Jersey and a European debut at the
Musee du Louvre in Paris. Peng Peng is currently studying
with Yoheved Kaplinksy in the Juilliard Pre-College
Division. A former student of the Shanghai music primary
school, he studied formerly with Hui-Fang Ye, Jian-Zhong
Wang and Zhi-Jue Chao. An avid composer, Peng Peng
studies composition at Juilliard with Andrew Thomas.
Thus far, he has written two works for solo piano,
a cello/piano duo, a string quintet, and a symphony.
"Beautiful playing - he has the sound of an adult
and amazing musical insight. Truly extraordinary!" (Andrew
Thomas, Chair: Pre-College Division, The Juilliard
School)
"He has a very special power of communication along
with a wonderful sound." (Joseph W. Polisi, President:
The Juilliard School)
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