Athena Deng, 20, currently studies with Professors Dang Thai Son and Stanislav Ioudenitch at Oberlin Conservatory. She made her orchestral debut at age 11, playing Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra. Athena has also collaborated with orchestras such as the Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra, the Uzbekistan National Symphony Orchestra, the Richmond Orchestra and the Virginia Waring Orchestra. Athena has been awarded many important national and international prizes, including the concerto category first prize and solo category second prize at the 2015 Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, the third prize in 2021 William Knabe International Piano Competition, etc. Athena has been selected and awarded scholarships to participate the Miami Frost Chopin Festival, the Lake Como Summer Festival, the Beijing International Music Festival and the Southeastern Piano Festival. Athena was a member of the Young Artist Program in Cleveland Institute of Music from 2017 to 2020. She has received extensive training in chamber music as well, regularly playing duos with her younger sister Corina Deng.