Zeng’s teaching experience includes individual piano instruction at Doral Piano Studio and pedagogy internships at Peabody and Oberlin conservatories. At Oberlin, he taught undergraduate piano minors, emphasizing foundational technique, expressive playing, and effective practice strategies. His teaching integrates repertoire study with music theory, historical context, and interpretive decision-making, with the aim of helping students develop independent musical judgment.

His research examines how instrumentation, musical texture, and geographic placement shape regional identity in video game soundtracks. His completed study, Mapping Liyue: A musical cartography of subregional identity in Genshin Impact, analyzes a corpus of 163 tracks through musical mapping and close analysis. His proposed doctoral final project explores the transformation of Genshin Impact’s orchestral music into a connected solo-piano recital cycle, drawing on the cyclic design of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Zeng has presented solo recitals in Guangzhou, Oberlin, Baltimore, and Miami. His recent performances include recitals at the University of Miami’s Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Recital Hall in 2025 and 2026, featuring repertoire by Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin, and Mussorgsky. His collaborative experience encompasses vocal and instrumental repertoire, symphonic wind ensemble performances, and ongoing chamber music study.

He holds a Master of Music in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Yong Hi Moon, and a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Oberlin Conservatory, where he studied with Peter Takács and Spencer Myer. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, English, and Cantonese.