Elena Feng Piano Studio
A Dedicated Professional Piano Teacher
Elena Feng is an accomplished and versatile pianist whose musical career spans more than two decades as a soloist, teacher, and collaborative musician. With over ten years of dedicated teaching experience, she is passionate about guiding students toward their musical aspirations through thoughtful, individualized instruction tailored to each student’s unique needs and goals.
Elena’s teaching philosophy emphasizes building a strong technical foundation while encouraging artistic expression and personal creativity. She strives to inspire confidence, discipline, and a lifelong love of music in every student.
A committed educator, Elena is a member of the Music Teachers National Association and Music Teachers' Association of California. Her students have earned numerous awards in competitions and have achieved outstanding results in ABRSM examinations and Certificate of Merit evaluations.
As a performer, Elena has appeared in recital halls and concert venues throughout United States, Croatia, Italy, Austria, and Taiwan. She has received honors in numerous competitions in both the United States and Taiwan, including awards from the Artist Presentation Society, MTNA Piano Competition, Taiwan Taipei International Piano Competition, and the Illinois Piano Institute Concerto Competition, where she performed with Sinfonia da Camera in Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.
Elena holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Literature, with a cognate in Piano Pedagogy, from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she received a full scholarship and assistantship stipend. She also earned a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano from National Taiwan Normal University.
Her principal teachers include Timothy Ehlen, Yoshikazu Nagai, and En Wang. She has also performed in masterclasses with distinguished artists including Leon Fleisher, John Perry, Boris Berman, Dang Thai Son, Leonel Morales, Natalia Trull, and Ian Hobson.
Recent Honors
-Longford Keyboard Fellowship, Outstanding achievements in Piano Professional Development
-Frida Haller Jones Memorial Award, Outstanding Achievements in Piano
-Artist Presentation Society, Honorable Mention Award
-Illinois Piano Institute Concerto Competition, winner and performance with Sinfonia da Camera
-Sarlo Award and Scholarship
-Janet Rose Piano Scholarship
-Taiwan Taipei International Piano Competition, winner