Jingheng Zhang, born in China in 2009, began studying the violin at age 3. She attended Tianjin Juilliard School Pre-College, under Weigang Li, and is currently studying with Shmuel Ashkenasi at Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. At age 14, she performed with conductor Yiwen Shen at the Tianjin Juilliard Concert Hall. She has won 2nd prize at the Ysaye International Music Competition and the Lu Siqing Shenzhen Futian International String Competition. She was selected as a semi-finalist in the Johansen International Competition and will compete in Washington, D.C.