Fourteen-year-old pianist YONG-EN TENG, born in Taipei, began her musical journey with early guidance from her parents, starting formal piano training at the age of five. She is currently a student in the Junior High Division of the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, studying with Professor Chiao Han Liao. She has also benefited from masterclasses with distinguished artists including Ewa Pobłocka, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Natalia Trull, Bernd Goetzke, Xiaohan Wang, Markus Groh, Alexandre Moutouzkine, Rolf-Peter Wille, Boris Slutsky, Meng-Chieh Liu, Ning An, Ching-Yun Hu, and Steven Lin, among others. These experiences have broadened her artistic perspective and deepened her musical expression. 

Yong-En received the Category A Third Prize and the Carl Nielsen Prize at the Aarhus International Piano Competition (Denmark, 2025). The same year, she was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Promising Stars Category at the International Master Piano Festival & Competition and was selected for the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra International Music Top Talent Program (2026-2027), as well as the International Cultivating and Sustaining Musical Talent Program (Taiwan, 2024-2025). Previous distinctions include the Second Prize and the Steinway Award at the Hamamatsu PIARA International Piano Competition (2019), alongside top prizes at the Taipei Excellence International Piano Competition, World Piano Teachers Association International Competition, Shigeru Kawai Piano Competition, and the National Student Music Competition. 

Her recent performances include a solo recital at the National Concert Hall (Taipei, 2025); Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 by Chopin (1st Movement) with the Xiangjiang Symphony Orchestra (2025); and the Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, by Mendelssohn (2024). She made her recital debut in 2023 and performed at the Wiener Konzerthaus (2020). 

Beyond music, Yong-En enjoys photography, drawing, table tennis, and reading, balancing her studies with moments of relaxation.