The Trust Performing Arts Center, 37 N. Market St., Lancaster, will present a concert by pianist Miao Gao on Friday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the 2025-26 Lancaster International Piano Festival concert series.

Gao started his musical study from a very young age. In 2012, Gao was accepted by the middle school attached to the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing, where he began his professional piano study with Yun Guo. In 2018, he was admitted to the China Conservatory of Music, studying under professor Wei Zhang. By 2022, he was admitted to the Eastman School of Music under the tutelage of professor Alexander Kobrin.

Gao has been invited to perform at many professional and academic events, including the 2023 Lancaster International Piano Festival, the Second Piano Education Seminar in China, and the Steinway 165th Anniversary Celebration at Steinway House in Beijing. He has also earned top spots at numerous major competitions throughout the world, including the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, the Shigeru Kawai International Piano Competition, the Huang Long International Music Festival Piano Competition, the Khachaturian International Piano Competition, the Steinway Youth Piano Competition, and the Golden Bell Awards.

Future concerts in the 2025-26 Lancaster International Piano Festival will be Trio Chimera at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 20, and pianist Eric Fung with three members of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra - Dana Allaband on violin, Ken Bell on French horn, and Luis Engelke on trumpet - at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 25.

To purchase tickets, visit http://www.lancastertrust.com.