Qing Jiang

Qing Jiang serves as Associate Professor of Music at Bucknell University and Piano Faculty at the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music School and Festival in Maine. Her career spans performance, teaching, and advocacy for contemporary music.

Dr. Jiang holds a D.M.A. in Piano Performance from the New England Conservatory, an M.M. from The Juilliard School, and a B.M. from Arizona State University. Her principal teachers include Caio Pagano, Robert McDonald, Wha Kyung Byun, and the late Patricia Zander.

A versatile performer, Jiang has appeared at prestigious venues including Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, Jordan Hall, UK's Snape Maltings Hall, and China's Shenzhen Poly Theater. She has performed with the Britten-Pears Orchestra under Oliver Knussen, as well as with the Chattanooga Symphony, Adrian Symphony, and Lanzhou Symphony Orchestra. Her repertoire spans traditional and contemporary works, including Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and the Yellow River Piano Concerto.

As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with Itzhak Perlman, Donald Weilerstein, Anthony Marwood, and members of the Emerson, Juilliard, Shanghai, Kronos, and Parker string quartets. She completed a six-city concert tour in China and debuted at Music Mountain with the Shanghai Quartet.

• First Chinese recipient of Jack Kent Cooke Arts Scholarship
• Featured in China's leading journal Piano Artistry for portions of her doctoral thesis
• Artist Residency at Yellow Barn with Violinist Ying Xue

Dr. Jiang has maintained a close relationship with England's Britten-Pears Program since 2014 and has worked directly with composers Brett Dean, Jennifer Higdon, Jörg Widmann, Colin Matthews, and Daniel Temkin. She originated the Debussy Companion Etude Project, which explores Debussy's influence on modern piano repertoire and includes a commission by Chinese composer Zhou Tian.