Zheng trained in Canada with Norma Burrowes and completed his Master’s with distinction at the Royal College of Music, studying with Ben Johnson, supported by an RCM Study Award and the Josephine Baker Trust

In 2026, Zheng is a Season Artist with The Mozartists, making his company debut as a soloist in their Mozart Birthday Concert at Cadogan Hall. He has also been selected for the Samling Artist Programme and Leeds Song Young Artist Programme. Later in the season, he will make his role debut as Sesto in The Grange Festival’s production of Handel’s Giulio Cesare, and in summer, he will make his Salzburg Festival debut, performing Grimbald in Gordon Kampe’s King Arthur Junior as cover with scheduled performances.  From September 2026, Zheng will join the RCM International Opera Studio.

Recent highlights include his appearance at the 2025 Kathleen Ferrier Awards Final, where The Times praised his Schubert Nacht und Träume as “ineffably beautiful” and his performance of “Dawn, still darkness” from Jonathan Dove’s Flight as “compelling and devastating.”

As a 2025 Ferrier Awards Finalist, Zheng’s other competition successes include First Prize for Adrian Clarke Vocal Award at Grasmere Song Festival (2025) and Third Prize in RCM Lies Askonas Competition (2025). In 2024, he received the Nicholas Partridge Award for Outstanding Creativity at the inaugural Eastbourne International Singing Competition.

Zheng’s Operatic roles include Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Sandman (Hansel and Gretel) at Summer Opera Lyric Theater in Toronto, and covers at the RCM including Piero della Francesca (Seven Angels). Other opera scenes include Ruggiero (Alcina), Rinaldo, and Valentiniano (Ezio).