Zekai is a first-year Ph.D. student in music theory, where he also received his B.M. in piano performance and music theory. His research interests include microtonal music, Schenkerian analysis, and film/pop music. He is also a first-year M.M student in Piano Performance and he studied in Prof. Marina Lomazov and Joseph Racker’s studio.

Zekai has performed with multiple orchestras including the German Broadcasting Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Zhejiang Philharmonic Orchestra, and Hunan Philharmonic Orchestra.

Zekai Liu started studying composition in 2016. He has composed various genres of music including solo works, chamber music, film music, popular music, and orchestral music. He won the 2011 Seattle International Piano Festival, the Asia International Music Composition Competition in 2019 and San Francisco New Concept Film Festival Music Composition in 2017. He has performed his composition in more than 20 concerts with orchestras.