Born into a musical family in China, Tiantian Liang displayed a strong connection to the piano as a child. She began her piano studies at the age of five and continued at Preparatory School of Sichuan Conservatory of Music in Chengdu, China. Tiantian holds a Bachelor of Music from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and a Master of Music from Rice University in Houston, TX. Currently, she is in the Performer Diploma program at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Her principal teachers include: Edmund Battersby, Brian Connelly, Jay Hershberger, Vicki King, and Richard Ratliff.