Recent highlights include Tianyi Lu’s BBC Proms debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sol Gabetta, as well as performances and recordings with the New York Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, London Philharmonic Orchestra, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, Philharmonia Orchestra, The Hallé Manchester, MDR-Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre National de Lyon, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, and Sydney Symphony. A former Dudamel Fellow, she made her Hollywood Bowl debut with the LA Philharmonic in 2021 and returned for her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut in 2023. Her operatic engagements include “Rigoletto” at Aalto-Musiktheater Essen and the 2023 world premiere of “Marie & Pierre” at Theater Basel.

In the 2025/26 season, Tianyi Lu makes notable debuts with international orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, National Symphony Orchestra Washington, New World Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck, Athens State Orchestra, Bochumer Symphoniker, and embarks on a touring project debut in Belgium with the Orchestre National de Belgique. She also returns to perform with the Residentie Orkest Den Haag, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and the Pacific Symphony.

Deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to fostering a more empathetic world through the arts, Tianyi Lu serves on the Board of Directors of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and is an Artist Ambassador for Opera for Peace. She is frequently invited to collaborate with communities and institutions, sharing her insights on empowering leadership, cultural transformation, resilience, and wellbeing. Her outreach work includes appearances on Welsh National Opera’s podcast “The O Word”, guest speaking for London Marathon Events and the “Do More Good” podcast, and conducting and hosting “Ears Wide Open” concerts with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Tianyi Lu completed her Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting with Distinction at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 2015, studying under David Jones. She has assisted or participated in masterclasses with Sir Andrew Davis and Xian Zhang (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), Daniele Gatti (Concertgebouworkest), and Bernard Haitink (Lucerne Festival Orchestra). Tianyi is also an alumna of the Hart Institute for Women Conductors at The Dallas Opera. Her teachers and mentors include Sian Edwards, Carlo Rizzi, Neemi Järvi, Alexander Polianichko, Kenneth Kiesler, Carlo Montanaro, and Alice Farnham.

SEASON 2025 / 2026