Pianist Ting Zhou currently has the position of vice president, former chairman of piano division of Music Middle School Affiliated to Shanghai Conservatory of Music; Vice president of Shanghai Professional Piano Performing and Teaching Committee. He has been selected as YAMAHA Artist since 2016. He has toured extensively in China and appeared on the stage of major cultural events.

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Besides his performing career, Ting Zhou is also a sought-after instructor. His teaching is widely recognized as students have won major domestic and international piano competitions. For instance, one of his students has won the 2nd prize at 3rd Van Cliburn Junior International Piano Competition in June 2023, USA; The other won the first prize at 16th Ettlingen International Piano Competition, Germany, just name a few.

Ting Zhou holds Bachelor of Music degree at Oberlin Conservatory and Master of music degree at the Peabody Conservatory in U.S.A.
As a virtuoso pianist, Ting Zhou is a recipient of numerous prizes and honors in many places in the world. He was given the First Prize at the 6th Takahiro Sonoda International Piano Competition in Japan. He won the First Prize and a Grand Prize of Ivo Pogorelich at the Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition in U.S.A. He has also won top prize in the First National Piano Competition in China. He was awarded the Rudolf Serkin Scholarship for excellence in piano performance at Oberlin Conservatory. Because of his excellence in academic standing, he holds the distinction of being selected as a member in the music honor society of Pi Kappa Lambda both in 1997 and
2001.

Ting Zhou has played solo recitals in many countries, such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, U.S.A, Iceland, Japan, Hong Kong, and throughout China mainland. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Poland Chamber Orchestra, Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, Macau Symphony Orchestra. Beijing and Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.