Angela Cheng

Angela Cheng (; is a Hong Kong-born Canadian classical pianist. She has performed internationally as a recitalist and as a guest soloist with orchestras. Cheng is a professor of piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Early life and education Cheng was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, as a child. She studied piano at Alberta College with Vera Shean and at the University of Alberta with Ernesto Lejano. Anne Burrows, a local patron of the arts, established a foundation to fundraise for Cheng's further training.

With the foundation's support, Cheng studied at the Juilliard School in New York with Sascha Gorodnitzki, earning a bachelor's degree in music. In 1988, she won first prize at the Montreal International Music Competition (becoming the first Canadian to win the competition). She was awarded a Medal of Excellence at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 1991. and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra). She has also performed with the Women's Philharmonic (San Francisco), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, That year, she also performed with Pinchas Zukerman at the Salzburg Festival. They have two daughters.

Selected discography

Piano Concertos No. 9 and No. 17. Mozart (1991), with CBC Vancouver Orchestra. CBC Records. The Women's Philharmonic. Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tailleferre (1992), with Gillian Benet (harp). Koch International Classics. Piano Music of Clara & Robert Schumann (1996), CBC Records. Nights in the Gardens of Spain. Albéniz, Turina, de Falla (1999), with Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. CBC Records. The Overcoat: Music of Dmitri Shostakovich (2002), with Jens Lindemann (trumpet). CBC Records. Préludes Op 28, Polonaises. Chopin (2006). Universal Music Canada.