CHI HOI JIMMY CHEUNG is an emerging musician with a versatile career as an educator, performer, and collaborator.
An accomplished pianist, Cheung is a laureate in numerous national and international competitions, including the Robert B. Beardsley Piano Prize Competition, Ohio Music Teachers Association (OMTA) Young Artist Piano Competition, Tuesday Musical Scholarship Competition, and Birmingham International Piano Competition in the United Kingdom. He has performed in major venues including the Tobin Center, Steinway Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Bridgewater Hall, and the Birmingham Town Hall. An active collaborative pianist and chamber musician, Cheung has performed with students and faculties from Texas Lutheran University, University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), Cincinnati Starling Project, Arkansas State University, Indiana State University, and Ball State University. He also performs in collaboration with pianist Angela Lau as Duo Orchid. The pair has won the Ohio International Piano Duet and Duo Competition.
Cheung obtained Doctor of Musical Arts and Artist Diploma degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), where he studied with Ran Dank and James Tocco and served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Piano. His previous musical education was in London, United Kingdom, where he earned Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Royal College of Music as a scholarship student, studying with Gordon Fergus-Thompson and Leon McCawley. In addition, Cheung has received guidance from pianists including Soyeon Kate Lee, Paul Schenly, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Jerome Lowenthal, Ursula Oppens, Hung-Kuan Chen, Artur Pizarro, and has undertaken organ study with S. Andrew Lloyd. He has been a fellow at Pianofest in the Hamptons, where he undertook exceptionally concentrated study and performed in weekly concerts in the Hamptons. He has also been awarded the Polonsky Foundation Fellowship to attend the Aspen Music Festival, and a full scholarship to attend the Bowdoin Music Festival.
An avid researcher, Cheung has presented at the Music Teachers National Association National Conference, Collegiate Symposium, and the Northern Kentucky University Winter Piano Pedagogy Conference. His research has been placed at the Three Minute Thesis competition and was featured by the Graduate School of the University of Cincinnati. Recognizing his passion for teaching and commitment to ongoing performance, Cheung is named the recipient of the Dorothy Stolzenbach Payne Scholarship by the Keyboard Club of Cincinnati.
Currently, Cheung serves as Lecturer in Piano at Texas Lutheran University and as Piano Instructor at the Musical Arts Center of San Antonio.
