Nicolas Cheng began playing piano at age 5 at Avloni Music Academy, California. He participated in many piano competitions. He won 1st place awards in US International Open Music Competition at two different categories (2020), 1st place in Silicon Valley Second School Festival (2017). He also won numerous awards at different events in United States Open Music Competition (2017, 2018). Nicolas was invited to participate in several MTAC CM Branch honor recitals and Avloni Music Academy honor recitals. He successfully completed MTAC, Certificate of Merit Piano – Level Advanced in 8th grade.
He also plays clarinet in California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. His other interests include basketball, waterpolo, swimming, and taekwondo.
You can find Nicolas’s 2023 International Piano Competition performance here.