Dr. Vivian Zhao received a Doctoral of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree from the university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As a Young Steinway Artist, she is praised as a virtuoso pianist and outstanding musician. Dr. Zhao won several International piano competitions and had performed in U.S., China and Canada.

With professional music education both in China and US, Vivian has dedicated herself as a professional pianist and passionate piano teacher. Many of her students had won top prizes in local piano competitions and successfully passed both local and international piano exams.

Besides private piano lessons, students also have opportunity to obtain all the fundamental music training, including music theory, sight-reading, ear/aural training, ensemble, improvisation, music reading/memorization skill, accompaniment among others.