I started playing piano back in 2017. During that time, I spent a lot of time practicing. When Covid hit, I played a lot of songs as there wasn’t much else to do. When I went to middle school, I started playing trumpet as well. During most of middle school, I played the most amount of piano songs like Fantaisie Impromptu, Clair De Lune, Rachmaninoff, and others. I also quickly learned trumpet and became one of the best in my middle school being selected for honor bands. In high school, I focused more on school but still had time to practice both trumpet and piano. I became one of the best trumpets in my grade and got accepted into our school’s Wind Symphony, the second highest band as a sophomore. For piano, I started doing my music theory to get my level 10.
Watch Aaron Shao performs La Chasse by Franz Lizst for the 2026 International Piano Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.