Yong-En Teng

Age – 14

Country – Taiwan

Fourteen-year-old pianist Yong-En Teng, born in Taipei in 2011, began her musical journey with early guidance from her parents, starting formal piano training at the age of five. She is currently a student in the Junior High Division of the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, studying with Professor Chiao-Han Liao. She has also benefited from guidance from distinguished artists including Ewa Pobłocka, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Natalia Trull, Bernd Goetzke, Xiaohan Wang, Markus Groh, Alexander Moutouzkine, Rolf-Peter Wille, Boris Slutsky, Meng-Chieh Liu, Ning An, Ching-Yun Hu, and Steven Lin, among others. These experiences have broadened her artistic perspective and deepened her musical expression.

In 2025, Yong-En received the Third Prize and the Carl Nielsen Prize at the Aarhus International Piano Competition (Category A, Denmark). The same year, she was awarded an Honorable Mention at the International Master Piano Festival Rising Stars Competition and was selected for the NTSO International Music Top Talent Program (2026-2027), as well as the International Cultivating and Sustaining Musical Talent Program in Taiwan (2024-2025). Previous distinctions include the Second Prize and the Steinway Award at the 2019 Hamamatsu PIARA International Piano Competition, alongside top prizes at the Taipei International Piano Competition, WPTA International Competition, Kawai Piano Competition, and the National Student Music Competition.

Her recent performances include a solo recital at the National Recital Hall in Taipei in November 2025; Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 by Chopin (1st Movement) with the Xiangjiang Symphony Orchestra (July 2025); and the Concerto No. 1 by Mendelssohn (August 2024). She made her recital debut in 2023 and performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus in 2020.

Beyond music, Yong-En enjoys table tennis and reading, balancing her studies with moments of relaxation.