Praised for her expressivity, poetry, and powerful virtuosity, pianist Yongqiu Liu has captivated audiences across six continents in over thirty countries. She made her Carnegie Hall concerto debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, performing Liszt’s First Piano Concerto, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras including the Minnesota Orchestra, Málaga Symphony, Armenia Symphony, Serbia Symphony, Morocco Philharmonic, Busan KNN Symphony, Novosibirsk Symphony, Xiamen Philharmonic, and Illyrian Symphony. She has worked with esteemed conductors such as Benjamin Zander, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, Gabor Hollerung, Anar Bramo, Bojan Suđić, and Sergey Smbatayan.

Yongqiu is a top prizewinner at numerous international competitions, including the Malta International Piano Competition (now “Dubai Classic”), IJMC Belgrade International Piano Competition, Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition, OPM Morocco International Piano Competition, USASU Bösendorfer International Piano Competition, Minnesota International Piano-e-Competition, International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, and the New York Liszt International Competition.

She holds a Master’s degree from the Yale School of Music and a Bachelor’s degree from New England Conservatory, both on full scholarship. Currently, she is a DMA candidate at New York University, where she serves as adjunct faculty in piano studies. Her teachers include Ting Zhou, Zhe Tang, Wha Kyung Byun, Alexander Korsantia, Boris Slutsky, Boris Berman, and Eduardus Halim.