Yu-Lien The

Yu-Lien The has performed throughout Europe, Southeast-Asia and the US including appearances as a soloist with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, the  Kammerorchester Hannover and the Baroque Orchestra L'Arco. In 1996, she was a prizewinner at the 12th International Piano Competition Viotti-Valsesia (Italy) and received a scholarship from the Deutsche Musikwettbewerb in 1998. The same year she was admitted to the National Concert Podium for Young Artists (Germany), which led to several concerts with violinist Tomo Keller. In 2006, Ms. The joined the critically acclaimed new music ensemble Opus 21, winner of the 2006 Chamber Music America/ASCAP Adventurous Programming Award.

Born in the Netherlands, Ms. The received most of her musical training in Germany where she obtained degrees in piano and recorder pedagogy as well as in piano and recorder performance from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover. Other degrees include a Master of Music from Western Michigan University and the Konzertexamen (Artist Diploma) from the Hochschule für Musik Detmold (Germany). Her principal piano teachers were Arie Vardi, Lori Sims, and Anatol Ugorski.

Since 2002, she has been Resident Artist at Western Michigan University where she teaches applied piano and accompanying and serves as staff accompanist. In addition, she joined the faculty of Valparaiso University in the fall of 2007.