2023 Collaborative Piano Fellows

Yu-Ting Peng

Piano

Hometown: Taoyuan, Taiwan

Yu-Ting Peng holds a BM from National Taiwan University of Arts, and a MM from at California State University Northridge.

Current program: DMA in Keyboard Collaborative Arts at University of Southern California

My favorite piece of music: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

Yu-Ting Peng is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Keyboard Collaborative Arts with Kevin Fitz-Gerald at the USC Thornton School of Music. She completed her Master’s degree in Piano Performance as a teaching assistant at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN). During her studies at CSUN, she received several awards and scholarships including the Outstanding Student award, Jakob Gimpel scholarship, and first prize of the concerto competition at CSUN, allowing her to perform with the orchestra. Throughout her musical career, she has trained under well-known professors including John Perry, Dmitry Rachmanov, Alan Smith, and Bernadene Blaha. She has studied in masterclasses with Yuan Sheng, Meng-Chieh Lui, Daniel Shapiro, and more. As a collaborative pianist, Peng frequently performs in recitals including recitals with Bing Wang, Catherine Karoly, and Taeguk Mun. Peng attends summer festivals regularly including Music Academy of the West, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Montecito International Music Festival, and the John Perry Academy of Music. She most recently was awarded grand prize in the Duo Competition at the Music Academy in Summer 2022. She is currently working as a collaborative pianist at Thornton School of Music.