Ciao
 

Collaborative Pianist

Vocal Coach

Opera Répétiteur 

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Passionate · Musical · Sensitive

 

Qiao “Ciao” Zheng Goh is an active collaborative pianist and opera répétiteur performing in the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, and Malaysia. She collaborated with the NC Opera chorus in North Carolina and was the Music Director/Opera Répétiteur for UNC Opera at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill from 2015-20. Their Spring 2019 production of Kurt Weill's The One Who Says Yes (Der Jasager) was awarded first prize by the National Opera Association for the 2018-19 Opera Production Competition. She also collaborated with Carolina Choir at the university and premiered Kenneth Frazelle’s Songs of War (text by Paul Green). As a vocal coach, her students have been accepted at major universities and music festivals, and have won awards from the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).

Qiao was a NATS Professional Intern in 2020, and since the summer of 2019, Qiao tours internationally with Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Kirstin Chavez www.CarmenInsideOut.com.