About this Artist

Pianist Alex Peh, described by the Wall Street Journal as “stunning” and possessing “facility, flair and fearlessness”, collaborates with musicians globally in search of shared resonances that emerge from friendship and connection. A 2021 Fulbright Global Scholar, and a 2019 Asian Cultural Council Fellow, Peh is part of an improvising piano trio, Talking Gong, with percussionist and composer, Susie Ibarra; and flutist, Claire Chase. Their newest piece created by Ibarra, Sky Islands, received the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in music.

As an Asian Cultural Council fellow, Peh travelled to Yangon, Myanmar to study Burmese Sandaya piano, from pianist Dr. U Yee Nwe. In 2021 Peh received a Fulbright Global Scholar fellowship that allowed him to connect with Greek pianist, Nikos Ordoulidis in Naoussa, Greece; Burmese pianist Ne Myo Aung in Bangkok, Thailand and Pooyan Azadeh in Bayreuth, Germany.

Peh received his musical training from Indiana and Northwestern University. He was a fellow at the Banff, Aspen and Tanglewood music festivals. He is an associate professor of piano at SUNY New Paltz, and associate chair of the music department.