Tingyu Yang
About
Tingyu (Monica) Yang is a Taiwanese cellist, she has been playing classical cello since the age of 9. In 2018, she received a full scholarship from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign for Artist Diploma, under the guidance of Dmitry Kouzov, and serves as an Associate Instructor.
Tingyu has participated in many masterclasses with notable musicians, including Peter Winograd, Laurie Carney, David Geringas, Richard Aaron, and Bonnie Hampton.
As an avid performer, she has appeared in various venues internationally including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Loewe Theater in New York, UCLA Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Yuanlin Performance Hall in Taiwan, and the Teatro Alfieri Theater in Italy.
She received her Bachelor's Degree of Music from Manhattan School of Music in 2015, where she studied with Marion Feldman. A graduate from the Indiana University Jacob School of Music, she completed her Master of Music degree under the tutelage of Brandon Vamos.
I design different teaching approaches for students, because everyone has a different learning style. In general, I believe motivations and encouragements in my teaching style. I teach students from beginners to advance level, and from children to adults.
I serve as an associate instructor in University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and teach lessons to non music major students
