Hong Kong-born Chi Hoi Jimmy Cheung is an emerging artist with a versatile career as a performer, collaborator and educator.

An accomplished pianist, he is a laureate in numerous national and international competitions, including the Robert B. Beardsley Piano Prize Competition, Ohio Music Teachers Association (OMTA) Young Artist Piano Competition, Tuesday Musical Scholarship Competition, and the Birmingham International Piano Competition in the United Kingdom. He has performed in major venues including Steinway Hall, Royal Albert Hall, and Austrian Cultural Forum. An equally active collaborative pianist, he performs regularly with students from the University of Cincinnati - Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati Starling Project, and Ball State University.

Cheung earned his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degree as a scholarship student at the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied with Leon McCawley and Gordon Fergus-Thompson. He was also mentored by Paul Schenly, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Jerome Lowenthal, Ursula Oppens, Hung-Kuan Chen, and Artur Pizarro. Cheung was awarded the Polonsky Foundation Fellowship to attend the Aspen Music Festival, and a full scholarship to attend the Bowdoin Music Festival. He was selected to participate in Pianofest in the Hamptons, where he undertook exceptionally concentrated study and performed in weekly concerts in the Hamptons.

Cheung is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at University of Cincinnati - Conservatory of Music, who is also pursuing an Artist Diploma. His teachers include Ran Dank and James Tocco. Equally dedicated to teaching, Cheung is a Graduate Teaching Assistant in piano and a faculty member of CCM Prep. He also serves as the Coordinator of the OMTA Junior and Senior Competitions. Recognizing his passion for teaching and commitment to ongoing performance, Cheung was recently named the recipient of the Dorothy Stolzenbach Payne Scholarship by the Keyboard Club of Cincinnati.