Tian Tian Lan began learning piano at the  age of four with Nehama Patkin. He now studies with Glenn Riddle,  completing his AMusA with Distinction in 2012 and LMusA in 2013. He has  been awarded first prize in the Margaret Schofield Chopin Prize,  multiple prizes in the Melbourne Recital Centre Bach Competition, the  Kault Prize for most outstanding Piano Diploma Candidate (AMEB), and  numerous first prizes in local piano competitions.

Tian Tian has  performed extensively, including recitals at the Saxton Speakers Bureau  World Conference and the World Suzuki Convention. In 2009 he made his  concerto debut playing Ian Munro’s Children’s Concerto with the Monash  Academy Orchestra. Since then, he has appeared as soloist with orchestra  in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1, and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto  No.3 in several performances across Spain.

Tian Tian has been  invited to play at various masterclasses, including the Melbourne  Recital Centre’s Masterclass Program with Paavali Jumppanen in 2015. He  is also a keen chamber musician, having performed piano trios by  Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Smetana, Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart. In  2018, Tian Tian appeared as a guest artist with Wilma Smith and Friends  in Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet, and Brahm’s Horn Trio in E Flat. Tian  Tian was a finalist in the Lev Vlassenko 2019 Piano Competition.

Tian  Tian is also an experienced violinist, completing his LMusA in 2014  with Leonid Zeyde, toured Europe and USA as Concertmaster of the SCSO,  Tian Tian is an active member and first violinist in various community  and university orchestras.