Originally from Suzhou, China, pianist Jingyi Zhou has performed in many countries, including the United States, Canada, Austria, Spain, and China. She has participated in music festivals such as the Gijon International Piano Festival, the Atlantic Music Festival, Alpenkammermusik, Tapestry Opera Songbook Program, and Orford Musique.

Jingyi has also earned recognition and awards at the Yamaha Competition, Asian Music Competition, and Chow’s Scholarship Competition. In addition, she was the recipient of the Chinese Government Study Abroad Scholarship, William Weaver’s Prize in Music and Language, Ginny Medland Green Graduate Fellowship in Music, and Yoshiteru Koga and Sumiko Hara Piano Pedagogy Scholarship.

Jingyi received her Bachelor of Music degree from Bard Conservatory of Music, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in German Studies. Her piano teachers include James Parker, Steven Philcox, Benjamin Hochman, Misha Namirovsky, and Elise Yun. Recently, Jingyi graduated with a master’s degree in Piano Pedagogy and Performance, during which she worked as a teaching assistant for the German Lieder Class and as a piano teacher in the University of Toronto Piano Pedagogy Program.