Dr. Chenny Gan

Celebrated for her virtuosity and adventurous playing, pianist Chenny Gan regularly appears in performance and teaching engagements on three continents, including China, Canada, Finland, Estonia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Russia and the United States. She holds degrees from Wesleyan College, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the Doctor of Music Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California. Currently Chenny is Associate Professor for Piano and Collaborative Piano at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.

As a musician and artist, Chenny strives to explore new territories in all areas of performing, intensely focused on making the concert experience more fun and interactive for the audience.  She loves to collaborate with other musicians in various styles and genres of music, including jazz, free improvisation, classical, and pop, often performing music in unlikely settings and combinations.  As soloist she has performed with orchestras of the Pacific Symphony, Macon Symphony, University of North Carolina Symphony, Atlanta Community Symphony, Kammerorchester Markt Schwaben, and the Cantus Festival Symphony in Salzburg, Austria. Her work mentoring young musicians has brought success in places as diverse as the inner-city neighborhoods of Los Angeles to New York's Carnegie Hall.  In summer 2018, she led a tour of talented young chamber musicians through the European musical capitals of Prague, Vienna and Budapest.

For her myriad accomplishments, Chenny’s biography has been featured in Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in American Education.  In 2015, Dr. Gan was named on the "40 Under 40" list of the best young professors in the U.S., selected by NerdScholar.com. In 2017, she was awarded the Outstanding Teaching Award by the United Methodist Board of Education. She speaks fluent English, Mandarin, and German.