Pianist Aaron Miller made his concerto debut with the Santa Cruz Symphony at the age of twelve. He has also performed with the California Youth Symphony, the Idyllwild International Chamber Orchestra, and the Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra. Aaron received first prizes at the Aspen Music Festival and Harvard Mozart Society Orchestra concerto competitions. He won the Aloha International Piano Festival Amateur Competition in 2013 and was a semifinalist in three recent amateur competitions: Cliburn (2022); Chopin (2024); and San Diego (2025). He was further recognized by the jury of the Chopin amateur competition in Warsaw as “best contestant who did not qualify for the final.” He is currently Deputy Director of the UCLA Asia Pacific Center.