钢琴家，教育家和音乐活动家周铿教授、硕士生导师，现任上海音乐学院国际钢琴大师班艺术总监、上海音乐学院国际钢琴艺术中心常务副主任、钢琴系副主任。2006年第48届西班牙哈恩国际钢琴大奖赛评委、第一届美国国际-e-钢琴大赛委员会副主席、音乐剧《六祖惠能》制作人和上海音乐出版社高级顾问。2008年与奥运同庆在国家大剧院的“中国钢琴之夜”节目副艺术总监。

　　他1983年考入上海音乐学院，师从郑曙星教授，就读期间多次与学院乐团及上海芭蕾舞团乐团合作演出协奏曲，在匈牙利李斯特国际钢琴比赛中国选拔赛中名列第二。1987年他以优异成绩毕业，同年获高额奖学金赴美留学，就读依阿华大学音乐系，又在明尼苏达大学音乐系师从亚力山大•布莱金斯基教授，获硕士学位。他在美国各地及意大利举办过个人独奏，并多次与当地乐团合作，1992年美国MPR古典音乐广播电台曾转播其音乐会实况。他曾任美国太平洋音乐家精英协会副主席及美中明尼苏达州友协董事会成员。美国明尼苏达州《星坛报》、《世界日报》、中国《新民晚报》、《文汇报》、《解放日报》、《音乐周报》等都对他作过访谈。

　　2002年回国执教后热衷于钢琴艺术的实践和推广，2005-07年四次成功地策划举办了盛况空前的“上海音乐学院国际钢琴大师班”，国内外钢琴界的精英和学员和二十位世界级钢琴家云集上海，大师班的广泛影响已使其成为中国音乐界的一项优秀品牌。

　　他在上海音乐厅策划举办过多场星期广播音乐会钢琴专场，并组织过多项高水平的钢琴比赛，为国内外钢琴英才提供了施展的舞台。

　　Zhou Keng

　　Artistic Director of International Piano Festival of Shanghai Conservatory of Music

　　A versatile pianist, educationist and music activist, Prof. Zhou Keng is now Artistic Director of the International Piano Festival, Deputy Executive Director of the International Piano Academy, and Vice Dean of the Piano Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He was on the jury of the 48th Jaen International Piano Competition held in Spain, Vice Committee Chairman of the 1st International-e-piano Competition held in Minneapolis, USA. He is also the producer of the indigenous musical “The Sixth Patriarch” and a senior advisor to the Shanghai Music Press. Vice Artistic Director of the 2008 Beijing Centenary Piano Extravaganza(A night for piano in china) in the National Center for the performing Arts.

　　Zhou entered the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1983 where he studied under Prof. Zheng Shuxing. While a student, he played concertos with local orchestras, and won the second prize in nationwide trials for the Liszt International Piano Competition held in Hungary. In 1987 he received a full scholarship that enabled him to attend Iowa University. Later he moved to Minnesota University, where he studied with Prof. Alexander Braginsky and obtained his master’s degree. Zhou has given recitals throughout the USA, Italy, and played concertos with many American orchestras. In 1992 the classic music channel of MPR Radio broadcast his concert live. He has also received interviews from local and international media, such the Star Tribune of Minnesota and the Universal Daily. He was Vice Chairman of the American Pacific Musicians Association and a board member of the Minnesota Sino-US Friendship Association.

　　In 2002 Zhou returned to Shanghai and started his pedagogic career. In 2005 he launched the International Piano Festival in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and the four events hitherto have proved a great success. Over twenty virtuosos and numerous students from home and abroad gathered in Shanghai, making the Festival a glorious feature on the music scene of China.

　　Zhou has also organized several matinee piano concerts and piano competitions to spot talented players at home and abroad.