Munan Cheng, age thirteen, attends Valley Christian Junior High in San Jose, California. She started playing piano at age four and currently studies with Dr. Sharon Mann. Her previous teachers include Professor Hans Boepple, Ms. Lena Grozman and Dr. Natalya Lundtvedt.

Munan was state winner of California Association of Professional Music Teachers (CAPMT) Honors Competition 2017 and winner of United States International Competition 2015. She was also a top prize winner of San Jose International Piano Competition, Los Angeles Young Musician International Competition, MTAC Northern California Solo Competition, Pacific Musical Society Competition, and San Francisco Chopin Competition. She won several categories in the US Open Music Competition and was awarded as an outstanding gold medalist. Last year, Munan attended Todi International Music Masters and John Perry Academy of Music summer festival. Munan loves both solo and chamber music. She attended Music at Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute in 2017 and 2018. She was the only pianist at VCS Junior High Chamber Ensemble for three years.  Her school chamber ensemble won the highest award in Association of Christian Schools International music audition two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019 (did not attend in 2020). She has participated in mater class and lessons with John Perry, Gilbert Kalish, Antonio Pompa-Baldi, Eduardo Delgado, Alan Choi, Baruch Meir, Dmitry Rachmanov, Robert Hamilton, and Chun-chieh Yen. Munan enjoys reading, swimming and playing with her dog.

Munan was invited to play for Steinway Society, Channing House Senior Centers for several times. She is invited to play for several fundraising concerts, libraries etc. 

Munan likes reading, math. She got an Achievement Roll in the AMC8 test 2017. 

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