Born in Ürümqi, China, Qiaochuhan began her piano studies at age four and is currently pursuing the Bachelor of Music in piano performance and the Bachelor of Arts in global studies and East Asian Studies at Lawrence University, studying with Anthony Padilla.

An avid chamber musician, Qiaochuhan has collaborated in a wide range of ensembles and received the Miriam Clapp Duncan Award in Organ and Harpsichord Literature for her performance of J. S. Bach’s Concerto in A Minor for Four Harpsichords. Awarded the Margaret Gary Daniels Keyboard Performance Award and the Marjorie Irvin Prize for Excellence in Piano Performance, Qiaochuhan holds an Accompanying Fellowship at Lawrence and collaborates extensively with her instrumental and vocal colleagues. She currently accompanies the voice studio of John Gates and, in 2023, served as a rehearsal pianist for Lawrence’s Mainstage Opera production of Alcina. As a solo pianist, Qiaochuhan was awarded Honorable Mention at the Thursday Musical Young Artist Scholarship Competition and the China Lanzhou International Piano Festival Open Competition. 

In addition to performance, Qiaochuhan is deeply engaged in exploring intersections of music and cultural studies. She is currently completing an honors thesis on Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly. Her research examines the transformation of Madama Butterfly’s Oriental Fantasy in Mo Zhou’s recent production that reimagines the opera in post-World War II Nagasaki through the lens of Japanese war brides.