“A Phenomenal Pianist! ”
— Maestro Gerard Schwarz
9 times Emmy Award Winner and 14 times Grammy Nomination
Tingting Wu
Concert Pianist
Miami’s No. 1 Piano Educator
As Concert Pianist
Tingting Wu, praised as “a phenomenal pianist” by 9-time Emmy and 14 Grammy Award–winning conductor Gerard Schwarz and “a very talented pianist” by the legendary Van Cliburn silver medalist Santiago Rodriguez, Tingting is an internationally recognized concert pianist and the founder of LumiMusic — an unprecedented concert series that fuses live piano performance, cinematic colored lighting, and storytelling. LumiMusic aims to guide audiences to explore their inner world, emotions, and imagination through deeply immersive, dreamlike, and multi-sensory live concerts.
In October 2025, Tingting was invited by the New York AI International Film Festival to perform her signature LumiMusic at the Award Ceremony held at Symphony Space on Broadway, where her performance received widespread praise and extensive national and international media coverage. Her artistry was later featured by the United Nations Radio, Film & Television Network, reaching over 46K likes and 53K readers, and praised by major U.S. outlets including AP News, FOX 4, WJBF, WDHN, KGET, WJTV, InformNNY, and numerous other national platforms.
Tingting also appeared as the solo pianist in collaboration with Maestro Gerard Schwarz’s PBS television production Pictures at an Exhibition, broadcast on more than 220 PBS stations nationwide (2024–2026).
In 2023, she earned her Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music with the highest stipend and full scholarship, where she studied with Kevin Kenner, the first prize winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition.
Through LumiMusic, Tingting Wu continues to redefine how classical music and music in general is experienced, transforming sound into color, light, and emotion into unique, unforgettable visual and aural art that modern audiences can deeply feel and understand.
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As Miami’s No. 1 Piano Educator
Dr. Tingting Wu holds the highest degree in music, Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance with full stipend from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami — Florida’s best music institution. With extensive experience in teaching students from ages 4 to 77 and backgrounds across the United States., Asia, and Europe, she has helped hundreds of music lovers and pianists from complete beginners to advanced performers.
Dr. Wu’s teaching philosophy is: “Everything is possible when you believe in yourself. ” She deeply believes each student has their own unique, shining side to be discovered and fully developed, both in music and as a person. She emphasizes not only musical excellence, but also posture, confidence, artistry, and emotional expression. Her lessons are customized for each student’s needs and goals, aiming to unlock each student’s maximum potential while helping them enjoy piano and music as both a skill and a form of self-accomplishment.
In March 2025, Dr. Wu was invited to judge more than 200 young pianists over three days in one of the largest youth piano competitions in Florida — the 2025 Fair Performing Arts Piano Competition, funded by the Government of Miami-Dade County.
By 2023, she had already accumulated five years of college-level teaching experience at the University of Miami and Indiana University, earning outstanding scores of 4.8/5.0 in both schools’ anonymous teaching evaluations.