Praised for her "intelligent and creative sensibility" (Kevin Kenner), “clean and precise articulation” (ClevelandClassical), and "spectacular technique" (South Florida Classical Review), Dr. Jiana Peng is internationally acclaimed for her captivating performances across the Americas and Europe. A versatile pianist, she brings depth, imagination, and virtuosity to a wide range of repertoire.

A specialist in the music of Chopin, Jiana released her debut album of Chopin's complete 24 Preludes in 2022. She is equally drawn to the repertoire outside the canon, most recently premiering the solo piano transcription of Szymanowski's ballet Harnasie at the Frost Chopin Festival in Miami, where it earned acclaim from audiences and critics alike.

Jiana is the first prize winner of the 2020 International Chopin Piano Competition (Corpus Christi) and second prize winner of the 2022 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition (Washington, D.C.). Additionally, she has taken top prizes at the New York International Piano Competition, Nice Côte d'Azur International Piano Competition, and the Fou Ts’ong International Piano Competition, and was selected to compete in the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw.

Since her orchestral debut at sixteen with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, Jiana has appeared with the National Philharmonic, CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, and orchestras of the Oberlin Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, and University of Alicante, performing with conductors including Andrew Grams, Grzegorz Nowak, Uri Segal, Kimbo Ishii, Raphael Jiménez, Piotr Gajewski, Carl Topilow, and Carlos Lopez.

Her partnership with legendary pianist Maria João Pires has brought her to the inaugural Days of Wisdom festival in Spain, the Belgais Center for Arts in Portugal, and the Partitura Residency at the Gilmore International Piano Festival. Other festival appearances include PianoTexas International Festival, Frost Chopin Festival, and Dubrovnik Summer Music Festival. She recetly made her South America debut at Colombia’s Ibagué Festival, performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor with the Tolima Conservatory Symphony Orchestra.

Jiana has performed in distinguished venues worldwide, from Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Severance Hall, Warsaw Philharmonic, and Chopin's Manor in Duszniki-Zdrój. She appears regularly in concert series presented by the Chopin Foundation of the United States, Chopin Society of Texas, and Culture & Art Foundation in New York.

She holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, with previous degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and an Artist Diploma from Oberlin Conservatory. Her artistic development has been shaped by mentorship with Maria João Pires, Kevin Kenner, HaeSun Paik, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, and Stanislav Ioudenitch.

Jiana is Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Ohio, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving Chopin’s cultural legacy.