About Monique Zhang: A classically trained, multi-style pianist and vintage jazz composer specializing in stride piano and jazz & swing era performance.

Monique was introduced early to classic jazz through vintage animation, Golden Age Hollywood films, and dances as a kid. She discovered jazz more deeply and soon found her passion in stride piano during teen years. Entirely learnt by ears in stride style, she began composing original vintage-inspired music during her undergraduate studies at Berklee College of Music, developing a sound that blends authenticity, playfulness with some jazz ideas and making the sound personal as “the Monique way”.

Monique has a vintage spirit as a person born in the 2000s as a "modernist" person. Being idiosyncratic from any other people and musicians makes her and the music standing out.

Besides piano. Monique is a trumpeter, vintage stylist, artist, and dancer. Creative identities that continue to influence her music and stage presence.

Monique is also a current swing-era pianist with Beantown Swing Orchestra and leads The Moniko Stride Duo - A brand new, unusual jazz duo with a rare instrumentation known for its story-driven performance with passion and creativity.