Ting-Ting Yang

Ting-Ting Yang is a collaborative pianist and multi-genre composer from Taiwan whose artistry spans performance, composition, and education. Currently, she is an Associate Instructor at the Jacobs School of Music, pursuing a doctoral degree in Collaborative Piano under Professors Anne Epperson and Kevin Murphy. In 2024, Yang was the staff pianist at the Thailand International Trombone Festival, collaborating with world-class trombonists such as Joseph Alessi and Brian Hecht, and the pianist in residence at Bass Around Asia in Taiwan, collaborating with bassists such as Artem Chirkov and Julian Li. She was also a Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Bowdoin International Music Festival in 2023 and 2024. Her collaborative highlights include playing a Faculty/Student recital with Gábor Varga (2024), performing at Musiqa’s 20th Anniversary Concert (2022), recording Anthony Brandt’s chamber opera Kassandra (2021), serving as the Teaching Assistant in Collaborative Piano at the Brevard Music Festival (2022), and accompanying the Preparatory Program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music (2021–2022). As an internationally invited recital pianist, Yang has collaborated with musicians across Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States.

 

As a composer, Yang began her studies under Professor Ching-Yu Hsiau in Taiwan and graduated with highest distinction from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore), where she studied composition under Professor Chee Kong Ho on a full scholarship. Her award-winning orchestral composition Portal (2019) received its world premiere by the East Carolina University Orchestra (USA) and its Asian premiere by the YST Conservatory Orchestra (Singapore). During the COVID-19 pandemic, Yang engaged in virtual collaborations with artists such as Jon Dante (Principal Trumpet of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra), pipa player Li-Teng Huang, and violist Lauren Ross, producing works like Floating Rhyme (2021) and Drift Along (2022). She also co-founded the H-Tone Electroacoustic Ensemble in 2021 to explore multimedia and electroacoustic music. Her music, often inspired by Taiwanese culture, has been performed in prestigious venues such as Taiwan’s National Concert Hall and Taipei Zhongshan Hall.