Tianyi is a 14-year-old freshman at Wayzata High School in Plymouth, MN. He has shown passion in music since young age and started playing piano at six. His past accomplishments include being 1st place in Crescendo International Music Competition, being 2nd Place in the Minnesota PianoFun Competition and a finalist in the MMTA Young Artist Competition. He also got awarded with scholarship several times as being outstanding in several MMTA Exams.
In addition to his passion for piano, Tianyi also enjoys many other activities such as 3D printing, drawing, math, flute, and animation.
Watch Tianyi Ren perform Concert Etude S. 144 No. 2, La leggierezza by Franz Liszt on the piano for the 2025 Classical Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.