Lydia Mong-Yi Wu, born in Taiwan, started studying piano at the age of  three.  After moving to the United States at the age of seven, she continued her studies in New York City in the studio of Mr. Chou, Shou- Ping. By the age of seventeen, Ms. Wu gave many solo performances  including Silver Bay Festival in New York, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Chinese Young Artist Competition in Washington D.C.  She also studied with Maria Asteriadou and Xak Bjerken, and   received master classes with Christine Dahl and Constance Keene.   
     Since then she has appeared in many solo and chamber recitals throughout the United States. Her most recent appearances include the Franz Liszt Festival in Athens, GA., and Bonneville Chamber Music Festival in Ogden, UT.  She is currently an adjunct faculty member at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.
     Ms. Wu received her bachelor and master degrees in piano performance at the University of Georgia, studying with Russian pianist, Dr. Evgeny Rivkin.  She received master classes with Graham Scott and Misha Dichter. In 1999 she was a winner of the UGA Concerto Competition and Atlatnta Steinway Society Scholarship.  A member of Pi Kappa Lambda, she received the Athon-Hughes-Cook Piano Pedagogy Scholarship Award in 2002. Ms. Wu was a member of Contemporary Chamber Ensemble at the University of Georgia.  In 2005, she was winner of Franz Liszt Award, and Outstanding Performer at GMTA Senior College Division.