Peng-Peng Gong was born in 1992 in Nanjing, China.  At an early age he demonstrated an intense sensitivity and strong talent for music. Gong began studying piano performance at the age of five with instructor Hui-fang Ye. Accepted by the Shanghai Music Conservatory Primary School at the age of nine, he continued his studies with pianists Jian-zhong Wang and Zhijue Chao. It was during this period that Gong won several major piano competitions in his native country.  Subsequently he was accepted by the Juilliard School’s Pre-college division, and is currently enrolled as an undergraduate student.  At Juilliard he has worked with pianist Yoheved Kaplinsky, composers Andrew Thomas and Samuel Adler, and conductor Adam Glaser.

In 2006, Gong performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 as part of Juilliard’s Centennial Gala, John Williams conducting.  He also performed a solo recital at the Louvre Museum in Paris.  Soon thereafter, Gong signed to the roster of Opus 3 Artists (formerly ICM Artists), and participated in numerous solo and concerto engagements in the North America, South America, Europe, and China. Most notably, he appeared as guest soloist with the Nashville Symphony and Leonard Slatkin at the 2007 American Symphony Orchestra League annual conference.  He joined forces again with Slatkin again at National Symphony’s 2007 opening season gala.  Past orchestral engagements include the San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony, National Symphony (Washington, DC), China National Symphony, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony of the Dominican Republic, RTV Slovenia Symphony and Philharmonique de Nizza, among many others. Gong has toured his native country of China both in recital and concerto engagements.  Most recently, he performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the China National Symphony ... read full bio

Peng-Peng Gong was born in 1992 in Nanjing, China.  At an early age he demonstrated an intense sensitivity and strong talent for music. Gong began studying piano performance at the age of five with instructor Hui-fang Ye. Accepted by the Shanghai Music Conservatory Primary School at the age of nine, he continued his studies with pianists Jian-zhong Wang and Zhijue Chao. It was during this period that Gong won several major piano competitions in his native country.  Subsequently he was accepted by the Juilliard School’s Pre-college division, and is currently enrolled as an undergraduate student.  At Juilliard he has worked with pianist Yoheved Kaplinsky, composers Andrew Thomas and Samuel Adler, and conductor Adam Glaser.

In 2006, Gong performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 as part of Juilliard’s Centennial Gala, John Williams conducting.  He also performed a solo recital at the Louvre Museum in Paris.  Soon thereafter, Gong signed to the roster of Opus 3 Artists (formerly ICM Artists), and participated in numerous solo and concerto engagements in the North America, South America, Europe, and China. Most notably, he appeared as guest soloist with the Nashville Symphony and Leonard Slatkin at the 2007 American Symphony Orchestra League annual conference.  He joined forces again with Slatkin again at National Symphony’s 2007 opening season gala.  Past orchestral engagements include the San Francisco Symphony, Detroit Symphony, National Symphony (Washington, DC), China National Symphony, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony of the Dominican Republic, RTV Slovenia Symphony and Philharmonique de Nizza, among many others. Gong has toured his native country of China both in recital and concerto engagements.  Most recently, he performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the China National Symphony.

Gong’s musical passion also extends to composing.  At age 16, he completed his one-hour First Symphony dedicated to the victims of the 2008 Sichuan Great Earthquake, followed by his epic and biblical Second Symphony, along with three piano concertos, orchestral overtures, chamber music, lieder, and solo piano repertoire. Those works are distributed by Hal Leonard and published by Lauren Keiser Music Publishing. Gong is a member of ASCAP, and has been awarded a Morton Gould Young Composer Award annually since 2005. His style takes root from post-romanticism and ethnomusicology. Gong is also involved in educational outreach which has recently included lectures on Mahler Symphonies at Beijing’s National Performing Arts Center.

Last updated August 2011. Contact Opus 3 Artists for the most up-to-date version.