Born in Liaoning, China, Yuefeng Liu began her piano studies at the age of five. She continued her studies at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music with Minghui Lee and Quming Zhang. During her youth she was a prizewinner in competitions in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Changchun, and at St. Andrews in Canada. She moved to the United States soon thereafter where she studied with Laura Melton at Bowling Green State University in Ohio for her undergraduate and master’s degrees. Currently she is a doctoral student at the University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory (UMKC) where she studies with Thomas Rosenkranz.
She was recently awarded First Prize in the Missouri MTNA Young Artist Piano Performance Competition as well as Third Prize in the IPPA Conero International Piano Competition in Italy. She is active as a recitalist in solo and concerto performances recently completing a concert tour in the cities of Shanghai, Changsha, Chengdu, Leshan, Shenyang, Yingkou, and Jilin in China. During her free time, Yuefeng enjoys cooking Chinese food for friends.