Dr. Tianyu Tina Deng is a scholar-pianist based in New York City. She has led performance projects in collaboration with artists across diverse venues, including the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, Merkin Hall, and Marc A. Scorca Hall at Opera America. A prize recipient in music education, piano, and collaborative piano, she is dedicated to bridging the gap between classical piano traditions and contemporary sensibilities.
Trained as a classical pianist, she earned her Doctor of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music in 2024. Her passion lies in connecting music with other art forms and platforms. From presenting at conferences on the interdisciplinary dialogues between music, poetry, and visual art, to performing 20th-century harpsichord repertoire, she continually seeks to highlight unexpected connections across time and medium. Her research and programming often juxtapose historical traditions with modern perspectives, revealing how artistic ideas evolve, recur, and resonate in new contexts.
Tianyu received her Bachelor of Music from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, where she studied with Ms. Eleanor Wong. She later earned both her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at the Manhattan School of Music, studying collaborative piano with Dr. Heasook Rhee and piano performance with Dr. Marc Silverman. Her doctoral dissertation, Luciano Berio’s Six Encores for Piano (1965–1969): Analysis, Commentary, and Extension, was advised by Dr. Reiko Fueting.
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