The pianist Gloria Cheng is a frequent guest artist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its New Music Group. Her New York debut took place at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in 1993. Composers who have written for her include John Adams, Pierre Boulez, Terry Riley, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Andrew Waggoner. Solo recordings include music by Olivier Messiaen on Koch, and piano works by John Adams and Terry Riley on Telarc.

Ms Cheng holds an economics degree from Stanford University, and graduate degree in music from UCLA and USC.