Peng Piano Academy

05/15/2026

We're happy to announce that 16 young pianists from all over the Bay Area and out of state will participate at our 2026 festival camp 7/12-18!! These campers will have the privilege to learn and be inspired by a top-notch faculty, director Karen Lin Peng, Jean-David Coen (OR), Elena Cholakova (GA), Norman Krieger (ID) first-time visiting :) and composer Donald Dillard.

03/16/2026

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03/01/2026

Last but not least in our Faculty Showcase Series, we have our founder and director, Karen Lin Peng.

Praised for her “high musical instinct and a fine control over the keyboard…”, Taiwanese-born American pianist Karen Lin Peng studied piano with Jung-Ja Kim and chamber music with cellist Ronald Thomas at the Boston Conservatory. She earned her master’s degree in piano performance from the Mannes College of Music under the tutelage of Arkady Aronov. She later became a pupil of the celebrated pianist Anthony di Bonaventura. In January 2024, Peng gave her first solo recital since leaving Taiwan decades ago at the New Taipei City Arts Center. Peng was on the piano faculty of The Boston Conservatory of Music Extension Division and The Music School Piano Immersion Program with Roger Williams College in Rhode Island. Peng is a member of the Music Teachers Association of California, she was an adjudicator for the New Jersey Music Teachers Association Young Musician Competition, and served as the adjudicator for the American Fine Arts Festival Carnegie Hall Audition.

Read more about Peng's background on our website. [https://pengpianoacademy.org/karen-lin-peng/]

We encourage you to apply for our Peng Piano Academy Festival Camp today at pengpianoacademy.org/apply-now/. The deadline for the application is today!

02/24/2026

5 days countdown to the March 1st application deadline!
https://pengpianoacademy.org/apply-now/
Don't miss the opportunity to learn, mingle, and make music together with highly motivated young pianists and top-notch artistic faculty 🥰

02/19/2026

Next in our Faculty Showcase Series, we have returning faculty Jean-David Coen!

Pianist Jean-David Coen, Artist in Residence at Willamette University in Oregon has studied and holds degrees from the Paris Conservatory Juilliard, and Yale; finishing with his Doctorate from the University of Southern California. He worked with significant masters representing each of the 3 great and most essential pianistic traditions: the German, Russian, and French “schools” of interpretation and technique. These great artists included Adele Marcus, Jeanne-Marie Darre, Claude Frank, Sacha Gorodnitzki, and John Perry. Jean-David began concertizing with orchestra when he was 9, and by 17 had performed both Tchaikovsky and Brahms first piano concertos. He has played around the world, with orchestras like the Los Angeles Philharmonic, in Tanglewood, and the Oregon Bach Festival. Completing a circle started with his performance of the Chopin G minor Ballade at the age of 12 in the famous tent at the Aspen Music Festival and School. Coen became a member of the Piano and Chamber Music faculty there; his tenure lasting 24 years.

Read more about Coen's background on our website. [https://pengpianoacademy.org/jean-david-coen/]

We encourage you to apply for our Peng Piano Academy Festival Camp today at pengpianoacademy.org/apply-now/. The deadline for the application is March 1st.

02/12/2026

Next in our Faculty Showcase Series, we have Norman Krieger! This will be Krieger's first year joining us.

Krieger is the founding artistic director of The Prince Albert Music Festival in Hawaii. Since 2008, he has served on the summer faculty at the Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina. From 1997 to 2016 he was a professor at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. In August 2016 he was appointed Professor of Piano at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He began his studies in Los Angeles under the tutelage of Esther Lipton. At age 15, he became a full-scholarship student of Adele Marcus at The Juilliard School where he earned both his Bachelor and Master degrees. Subsequently, he studied with Alfred Brendel and Maria Curcio in London and earned an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, where he worked with Russell Sherman.

Read more about Krieger's background on our website. [https://pengpianoacademy.org/norman-krieger/]

We encourage you to apply for our Peng Piano Academy Festival Camp today at pengpianoacademy.org/apply-now/. The deadline for the application is March 1st.

02/05/2026

Next in our Faculty Showcase Series, we have returning faculty Elena Cholakova!

Dr. Cholakova holds a Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees in piano performance from Northwestern University. She serves as Director of Piano Studies at Emory University and Director of the Emory Young Artist Piano Competition. Recognizing the impact of the pandemic on women’s careers in the arts, Cholakova has commissioned an album of all new music written by female identifying composers. The project unfolds as series of collaborations and culminating in a recording of the pieces being commissioned.

Read more about Cholakova's background on our website. [https://pengpianoacademy.org/elena-cholakova/]

We encourage you to apply for our Peng Piano Academy Festival Camp today at pengpianoacademy.org/apply-now/. The deadline for the application is March 1st.

01/05/2026

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01/04/2026

Happy New Year! We wish you all a beautiful and musical year🤩
Application starts now for this year's festival camp July 12~18!
https://pengpianoacademy.org/summer-piano-camp-2/
We're thrilled to welcome back Elena Cholakova (Director of Piano Study from Emory University) and Norman Krieger (Professor of piano at Indiana U and summer faculty of Brevard Music Festival).

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