Recognized for exceptional temperament, personal expressivity and insight, pianist Tien Hsieh has enjoyed a far-ranging career as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. Her performances have taken her throughout the United States and internationally, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris, St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London and the Liszt Museum in Budapest. New York Concert Review praised her Carnegie Hall return as “Unusually impressive, compelling, thrusting, extraordinary, most memorable and deeply moving.”

A prizewinner of the 2002 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, Hsieh has performed solo recitals and chamber music in China, Germany, Italy, France, England and Canada, and has appeared as soloist with orchestras including Roswell Symphony, Spokane Symphony, Redlands Symphony, Oregon Mozart Players and Folsom Lake Symphony. Her recording Bach and Beethoven: Mostly Transcriptions 2 on the MSR label received critical acclaim, reached #1 twice on Amazon’s Best Sellers List, and remained a best seller for two consecutive months in classical keyboard and instrumental categories.

Recent artist residencies include Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, CSU Monterey Bay, Mid-Columbia Concert Association in Oregon and Pend Oreille Arts Council in Idaho. She is a recipient of the Li-Ching Cultural and Educational Foundation Grant and has received numerous competition awards and honors.

A dedicated educator, Hsieh maintains a private studio in Folsom, California, where her students have appeared on NPR’s From the Top and at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Born in Taiwan, she immigrated to the United States at age nine and began piano studies with her mother, Sylvia Hsieh. She holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and University of Houston.