About Tian
Meet Tian, our organist.
Chinese composer, educator, and keyboardist Tian Qin is known for her music’s compelling, humorous, and visually evocative qualities. She enjoys integrating text, craft, film, and choreography into her compositions, often pushing the boundaries of traditional forms while incorporating her cultural heritage, and she focuses on engaging communal experiences. She has worked with many ensembles, such as the Rhythm Method, Duo Impetuoso, Loadbang, Kinetic, Musiqa, Loop 38, and Roomful of Teeth. She works as a teaching artist at American Festival for the Arts and a theory instructor at Opus One Chamber Music School. She is also a member of Gamelan of the New Moon and a raga student of Ragavan Manian.
Tian Qin graduated from the Shanghai Conservatory (grades 7–12), Manhattan School of Music (BM), and Rice University (MM, Brown Fellowship). She studied composition with Ying Din, Marjorie Merryman, Karim Al-Zand, Shi-hui Chen, and Pierre Jalbert, and piano with Xiangjun Yu and Jiayin Li.
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