Grace Liu is a Taiwanese-American pianist who performs as a soloist and collaborative pianist in the U.S. and Taiwan, “impressing [audiences] with her finesse and sensitivity” (Orange County Register). She is the recipient of the Pauline Favin Memorial Award in Piano and the Clara Ascherfel Accompanying Award at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. 

Dr. Liu has been invited to numerous international music festivals, including the Banff Piano Masterclass (Canada), Bowdoin International Music Festival (ME), Beethoven Institute (NY), and Schlern International Music Festival (Italy). She has also performed in master classes taught by Leon Fleisher, Menahem Pressler, Boris Berman, John Perry, and Stephen Hough, as well as the Jupiter and Takács Quartets.

A dedicated teacher, Dr. Liu serves on the faculties of Loyola University Maryland, Peabody Preparatory, and Levine Music, in addition to maintaining a private piano studio serving students in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and the greater Washington, DC area. She works with students of all ages and levels, from beginning through advanced, and many of her students have been selected as prize winners in piano competitions. Dr. Liu is also frequently invited to serve as an adjudicator for piano competitions.
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Dr. Liu holds a Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music in piano performance from the Peabody Institute, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of California, Irvine. Her principal teachers include Alexander Shtarkman, Lorna Griffitt, Rose Hsin-I Chen, and Daniel Hanley.

  

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