About Me

I love coding! My summer days at the Basic C training sessions when I was 13 and preparing for a computer skills competition remains one of my most meaningful memories. Now I am ready to explore the exciting possibility of what I can bring to the field and am thrilled to pick up the fascination with computer programming when I was a teenager.

I have not only a passion for ceaseless learning but also a strong initiative to turn that knowledge into action. This combination propelled my award-winning career in music and continues to drive me in new directions no matter what I do.

The software industry, just like the art of music, has the ability to distill the singular to broadly meaningful ways. I’m excited for the new path of possibilities in technology. I’m ready to expand my creative experience to new horizons. And I’m looking forward to connecting with you and hearing your story!

A dynamic and versatile pianist, Dean Zhang appears internationally in critically acclaimed performances. Dr. Zhang has been praised by The Miami Herald as “a powerful keyboard player” yet with a “smooth, fluid touch at the keyboard, bringing maximum expressiveness.” A laureate of numerous competitions, Dr. Zhang won first prize in the Snowy Range Piano Competition as well as the MTNA Young Artist Piano Performance Northwest Division Competition. He has been featured as a soloist with the New World Symphony as a winner of its concerto competition and has also performed concertos with the Shanghai University Symphony Orchestra, the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra, the National Repertory Orchestra Orchestra, the New World Symphony Orchestra, the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, and mostly recently with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and the Canton Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Zhang currently serves as principal keyboardist with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and the Canton Symphony Orchestra. An active chamber musician, he co-founded the Edgewater Clarinet and Piano Duo and have toured in China. Established partnership with various arts organizations since 2018, the Edgewater Duo launched annual summer tours in the New England area and keeps expanding the season to other regions of the country.

After two years of studying management science at Shanghai University, Dr. Zhang was granted a full scholarship at the University of Wyoming where he received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees as a student of Dr. Theresa Bogard. Under the tutelage of Paul Schenly and Kathryn Brown, he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music. Dr. Zhang also studied extensively with Joela Jones, principal keyboardist of The Cleveland Orchestra. A devoted pedagogue, Dr. Zhang joined the piano faculty of the New England Music Camp in 2015 and has presented master classes at universities throughout the United States and China.