OPHELIA SHAN

Ophelia Shan (单良) earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from Xinghai Conservatory (China) and Oklahoma City University, then focused her education and career on collaborative piano, receiving her performance diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music under Anita Pontremoli. She has served at Ashland University, Oklahoma City University, and Southern Nazarene University as staff pianist, and has been actively involved in community outreach and cultural activities in the greater Northeast Ohio region since 2014.

As a collaborative pianist, Ophelia has performed with Great Lakes Light Opera, Cleveland Ballet, Red River Lyric Opera, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Opera Breve Vocal Intensive, BW Singers, and Cuyahoga Falls Community Chorus, working with renowned musicians and directors such as Dr. Stephen Dubberly, Copeland Woodruff, and Don Marrazzo, as well as working frequently with studios of Cleveland Orchestra members. She has played in master classes for Nelita True, Lynn Harrell, Frederick von Stade, Jennifer Koh, Matti Hirvonen, Joshua Roman, Eric Larson, and Melody Moore, among others. Her open classes, seminars, and performances have been recorded and broadcast in China and the United States.

Ophelia is currently Staff Pianist at the Conservatory of Music at Baldwin Wallace University. She is the founder of the Ophelia Shan Piano Studio in Brunswick, OH, and Vice President of the Northeast Ohio Music Teachers Association, where she works closely with the board and Piano Cleveland on joint events serving the Northeast Ohio piano community.