Chiao-Wen Cheng has performed in major venues throughout the US, Europe, and Asia. Her solo engagements include the Fort Worth Symphony, Greece Symphony, and Taiwan Shin-Min Orchestra. She has won numerous piano competitions and awards, including the Clara Ascherfeld Award in Excellence in Accompanying at Peabody Institute (2009); the Excellence in Accompanying Award at the Eastman School of Music (2010); and first prizes in the Piano Texas International Academy Competition (2010) and the Schubert Club Competition (2012). She holds a doctoral degree from the Eastman School of Music, and is currently Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at the Eastman School of Music and Principal Keyboard of the Rochester Philharmonic.