Ting-Ting Yang is a collaborative pianist and multi-genre composer from Taiwan whose artistry spans performance, composition, and education. She currently serves as the Dr. Jo Benda and Dr. Charles Platz Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at the University of Iowa School of Music.

An internationally invited artist, Yang’s expansive performance portfolio includes recent guest appearances at the American Viola Society Festival, Western Kentucky University, and Austin Peay State University. She frequently collaborates with world-class musicians, including members of the New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra. As a festival artist, she often serves as a collaborative pianist for the Thailand International Trombone Festival, the Bass Around Asia Festival (Taiwan), and the Indiana University Summer String Academy, performing alongside renowned musicians such as Joseph Alessi, Brian Hecht, Martin Schippers, and Artem Chirkov, among others. Additional highlights include festival fellowships at the Bowdoin International Music Festival and Brevard Music Festival, a fellowship at Rice University’s Michael P. Hammond Preparatory Program, collaborations with clarinetist Gábor Varga, and recording Anthony Brandt’s chamber opera Kassandra (released on Navona Records).

As a composer, Yang’s work is often inspired by Taiwanese culture and has been premiered and performed across Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States. Her award-winning orchestral work Portal was premiered by the East Carolina University Orchestra and later performed by the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra. To explore multimedia and electroacoustic creation, she co-founded the H-Tone Electroacoustic Ensemble in 2021. Her recent commissions include works for the Asian Cultural Symphony Orchestra (Singapore) and the Chamber Music Society of Taiwan.

Yang’s early background as a composer profoundly shapes her work as a collaborative pianist and directly informs her teaching philosophy. Viewing music through a compositional lens enables her to look beyond individual parts to grasp the overarching architectural picture and intuitively honor the composer’s intent. In the studio, she guides students to embrace this holistic perspective—fostering deep score literacy, structural awareness, and artistic empathy to help them become more adaptable, insightful musical partners.

Yang previously served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at Virginia Tech (2025–2026). She holds a Doctor of Music in Collaborative Piano from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; a Master of Music in Piano Chamber Music and Accompanying from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music; and a Bachelor of Music in Composition from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (Singapore).