Mr. Yangmingtian Zhao has performed in Europe, the United States, and Asia. With a focus on the technical aspects of performance, Mr. Zhao is active in piano pedagogy and is currently an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University where he is pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. Mr. Zhao is the 2017 recipient of The Adam Gyorgy Award, and as a result, he is making his Carnegie Hall solo debut.