The Individual

Lillian Liu is a young, multi-faceted, and versatile artist specializing in:

piano performance, photography, retouching, music education, and modeling.

Biography

Music:
Lillian Liu is a young classical and multi-genre pianist who has performed on stages in North America and in Europe- from the Chan Center of Performing Arts in Vancouver, to La Seine Musicale in Paris.

Graduating with distinction, she has her Master's degree in classical piano performance from the Royal College of Music in London, U.K., which she entered after graduating from the University of British Columbia in performance and the Vancouver Academy of Music. Lillian also holds an ARCT diploma for performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music, and has been under the tutelage of esteemed musicians such as Nigel Clayton, Corey Hamm, Lorraine Ambrose, Connie Shih (protégé of Claude Frank, himself a protégé of Arthur Schnabel), Patricia Shih, Anne Shih (protégé of Joseph Gingold), Nikita Pogrebnoy, Edna Stern (protégé of Martha Argerich and Krystian Zimerman), and Taras Gabora. Lillian was also selected to perform at the UBC Baccalaureate Concert in her graduating year.

Lillian is on faculty at the Vancouver Academy of Music, Semiahmoo Academy of Music for both piano and violin, and the Langley Community School of Music. Trained in pedagogy by Alice Enns, she has also worked in environments with children for early music education outside of her respective institutions, such as the Redbridge Music Service in London.

Lillian has experienced success in her activities within music festivals and education- examples being the recipient of the Mildred Johnson Scholarship in Music, performing in the Casalmaggiore Music Festival, being a finalist of the Phyllis E. Salter Competition, and placing first in her category in the Canadian Music Competition. She has also adjudicated in competition panels, such as the Kay Meek Competition. Her own students have also experienced success in festivals such as the Kiwanis Music Festival, and in examinations.

Lillian has performed for the Concordia Foundation, and was also a pianist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital working as part of CW+'s "Memory Lane" project, which reaches over 5000 dementia patients a year and reinforces the importance of art in cognitive healing and recollection. She is also an enthusiastic collaborator with modern composers who utilize unconventional techniques- such as with acclaimed electroacoustic composer Nicola Monopoli under Haris Kittos in creating ring modulated piano soundscapes. She does not limit her collaborative work to classical music, having experience as both a film pit musician for the Composition for Screen Showcase hosted in the Britten Theatre, and in recording piano sections for multiple metal projects. Recent metal releases featuring Lillian include Tchornobog (2017), and Akheth's "The Asylum" featuring Mark Janson of Epica (2018), and on “Hearts of No Light” (2019) with award-winning Swiss band Schammasch under Prosthetic Records.

Lillian is also a creative contributor and a member of the non-profit humanitarian and environmental collective Free Spirit, based in Paris- which blends art, music, and philanthropy.

Lillian has also studied Alexander Technique under the tutelage of Peter Buckoke.

Photography:
Lillian is an award-winning and published creative photographer who utilizes digital techniques to create unique atmospheres in her work. She is a part of the humanitarian artistic collective Free Spirit, headquartered in Paris, as of 2016.

Features, clients, and publications as a photographer include:
Marie Claire Taiwan, Vogue Taiwan, Penguin Random House, Atlantic Records, My Modern Met, CTV News Canada, Art.Ifeng, Enchanted Living Magazine/Faerie Magazine, 54th Annual Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Craftopia on HBO Max, Kat Von D Beauty 10 Years of Beauty (Muse #5), Fae, Huf, PhotoVogue Italia, Feroce, Gazelle, Ellements, Dreamingless, Elegant, Surreal Beauty, and many more.

Lillian’s latest award is the in the 38th ARTS 2022 New Media Category. She has also won the Grand Award, Creative Division at the 2020 WPPI Competition. She has also won the 2020-2021 WPPI First Half Competition, placing first in the Open Creative category. Lillian has also received awards in the Photomanipulation category in the 5th and 6th annual Fine Art Photography Awards for her pieces “Blood Flower” and “The Sacred Gift,” and the Muse Photography Awards 2021 first prize for the Digitally Enhanced Photography category. She is also a finalist of the 2019 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and Stocksy Photography Award. She has also shot winning editorials for the 30th Contessa Hair Awards hosted by Salon Magazine, with stylist Freddy Sim.
Lillian is also representing Team Canada in the 2023 World Photographic Cup for illustrative portraiture.
Lillian has been showcased in galleries such as the Surrey Art Gallery, Place Des Artes, and on SevensGrant as curated by Paris Hilton. She has also lectured or given presentations and classes, such as for the Canadian Imaging Conference and Expo and for Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences. Her next upcoming tutorial will be through Domestika.

Lillian’s latest commercial editorial is currently on the walls of Curlique/Blanche Macdonald on Robson Street in Vancouver. Her work has also been featured on book covers- such as titles authored by New York Times Bestseller Laura Sebastian, Alexis Henderson, and New York Times and USA Today bestselling author K.N. Lee.

Lillian has also collaborated with The Colour Lab to release her own set of colour-toning actions in the Fairytale Collection. She is also an ambassador for lighting company Lume Cube, and has been sponsored by Elinchrom. She is also an ambassador for Adobe Express.

Lillian has partnered with iCanvas as of 2020, and has an upcoming tutorial coming out with Domestika.

On a personal level:
Besides modeling occasionally and working, Lillian is an avid lover of historical art, old books, animals, and having too many clothes. Mostly though, she watches horror movies, plays dressup with armour, creeps r/nosleep, reads, and waits for the next Steam wishlist sale.