Hailed by The Baltimore Sun »As Angelica’s icy aunt, Jo-Pei Weng used her sizable, burnished mezzo to compelling effect«.

Award winning Taiwanese mezzo-soprano Jo-Pei Weng, was recognized as one of the leading mezzo-sopranos in her generation soon after her opera debut as Lucia in »Cavalleria Rusticana« in 2002. She has then successfully portrayed Dorabella in »Così fan tutte«, Suzuki in »Madama Butterfly«, Amneris in »Aïda«, and the significant title role in »Carmen«, among others.

Ms. Weng won the first prize of the Young Artists Showcase from Bank SinoPac. She is the winner of the 12th Neue Stimme competition (Asia region) in Yokosuga, Japan in 2007. Her oratorio credits include performances with the Moment Musical Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, the Peabody Institute, and the Baltimore Concert Singers. She was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award by Taipei National University of the Arts in 2012.

In March 2014, Weng was invited to sing Olga in »Eugene Onegin« at Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, a joint-production with the Mariinsky Theatre in Russia. In July 2014, renowned conductor Valery Gergiev invited Weng to perform at the Mariinsky, making her the first Taiwanese vocalist to perform in St. Petersburg’s White Nights Festival.

Ms. Weng received her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and a BFA from the Taipei National University of the Arts. She is now on faculty at the Taipei National University of the Arts.