Aidan Zhou, born in Toronto in October 2012, began his music studies at 4. Aidan won the 1st Prize of the Junior Division of the Sixth Canadian Chopin Piano Competition in January 2025. He has also won the 1st prizes in the 25th Santa Cecilia International Competition (Porto); 1st prize in the Canadian Music Competition; Winner in the Vladimir Krainev Moscow International Piano Competition; 1st prizes in the Unionville Music Competition; and Gold Prize in Music and Stars Awards. As a young composer, Aidan has written over twenty works in various forms and has a YouTube channel where he shares his performances and music with others. Lately, Aidan has completed his firs orchestral work “The Portrait of Dorian Gray”.