A headshot of Moyue Zhou, holding her conducting baton under her face and looking at the camera

Moyue Zhou is a conductor and educator originally from Shanghai, China. Currently, she serves as the graduate assistant conductor for the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music’s Philharmonia and Concert Orchestra. From 2020 to 2022, she has worked as an assistant and cover conductor for Northwestern University’s Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, Baroque Music Ensemble, and Opera Theater. Zhou completed her undergraduate studies in music education and piano at Shanghai Normal University, followed by master’s degrees in orchestral conducting from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, where she had the privilege of being one of the final students of the esteemed Professor Victor Yampolsky. Currently, she is continuing her Doctor of Musical Arts studies in orchestral conducting at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music under the guidance of Professor Mark Gibson.