Praised by The Times for the “purity” of his timbre, Chinese countertenor Zheng Jiang is an emerging artist on the operatic and concert stage.

Zheng’s 2026 highlights including making his company debut with The Mozartists for the Mozart Birthday Concert as a soloist at Cadogan Hall in January, followed by his role debut as Sesto in Giulio Cesare at The Grange Festival in June.

He makes his Salzburg Festival debut by performing role of Grimbald from Gordon Kampe’s King Arthur Junior this summer as cover with scheduled performances. He is a Samling Artist and a 2026 Leeds Song Young Artist. From September, he joins the RCM International Opera Studio.

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“Jiang sang well, and has an attractive, creamy voice”

— Colin Clarke, Seen and Heard International 2026 (Mozart Birthday concert with The Mozartists)

Zheng Jiang was “another strong contender” with a “chorister’s purity”. His performance of Nacht und Träume became “something ineffably beautiful” and his interpretation of “Dawn, still darkness” from Jonathan Dove’s Flight was “both compelling and devastating.”

— Rebecca Franks, The Times 2025 (Kathleen Ferrier Finals)