Peng Liu
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214-768-7870 |
Peng Liu is Assistant Professor of Musicology in the Division of Music at 正品蓝导航 University. Prior to joining 正品蓝导航, he taught at Truman State University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he received his Ph.D. in Musicology. His current book project, tentatively titled Reinventing the Virtuoso: Anna Caroline de Belleville and Nineteenth-Century Musical Culture, offers the first comprehensive study of Belleville’s strategic career reinvention in response to evolving performance practices, aesthetics, technology and economic factors. In addition to his work on women musicians and piano culture, Dr. Liu's research interests encompass Asian American music, identity politics, and music and meaning.
His articles, reviews, and translations have appeared in , , Notes—The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association (; ; ), , and . Liu has regularly presented his research at regional, national, and international conferences, including the annual meetings of the American Musicological Society (AMS), the North American Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music, the International Conference on Women’s Work in Music, and the Music of Asian America Conference.
His research has been supported by a COFA/Graduate School Continuing Fellowship at UT-Austin, from the AMS, and the . In 2018, he was the recipient of the for best graduate student paper. As Co-President of UT-Austin’s Association of Graduate Ethno/Musicology Students (AGEMS) in 2018-2019, Liu initiated and chaired the. He completed his term as a member of the Communications Committee at AMS in 2024 and currently serves on the editorial board of the and as a at AMS. In 2025, he received the Academic Innovation Award at Truman State University for his teaching project,
Education
Ph.D. and M.M., Musicology, University of Texas at Austin
B.A., Musicology, China Conservatory of Music
Recent Work
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
“From ‘Sorceress’ to Ambassador: Reading Anna Caroline de Belleville’s Symbiotic Relationships with Her Pianos.” The Journal of the Royal Musical Association 150, no. 1 (May 2025):223–246.
“Constructing a Versatile Virtuoso Persona: Anna Caroline de Belleville and Mediating the Competing Tastes of Critics and Audiences.” The Journal of Musicology 40, no. 1 (Winter 2023): 71–100.
“What might Robert Schumann's 狈补肠丑迟蝉迟耻虉肠办别 (Op. 23) hold?” Journal of Tianjin Conservatory of Music 137, no. 3 (October 2020): 43–51. [In Chinese]
“A Semiotic Approach to the Singing Style: Analyzing Three First Movements from Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.” JournaloftheCentralConservatoryofMusic 153, no. 4 (December 2018): 91–102. [In Chinese]
Book Chapters
“Music of Asian Americans.” In Teaching Global Music History: A Resource Book, edited by Gavin Lee. Palgrave Macmillan. Forthcoming.
Invited Essays
“Dialogues between Two Chinese Composers regarding Quan Jihao’s New Piano Piece Qin Yun.” PianoArtistry 9 (September 2012): 57–60. [in Chinese]
Book Reviews
Review for Global Perspectives on Women Pianists, edited by Joe Davies and Natasha Loges. Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. Forthcoming.
Review for The Western Classical Music Industry in Twenty-First Century China, by Weida Weng. Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 82, no. 4 (June 2026): 534–537.
Review for Chen Yi, by Leta E. Miller and J. Michele Edwards. Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 79, no. 2 (December 2022): 230–233.
Review for Exploring Musical Narratology: The Romeo and Juliet Myth in Music, by Ma艂gorzata Paw艂owska. Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 78, no. 3 (March 2022): 413–416.
Translations
Chinese translator for TransformationalPianoTeaching: MentoringStudentsfromAllWalksofLife, by Derek Kealii Polischuk (Oxford University Press, 2019), Shanghai Music Publishing House, 2026.
Chinese translator for Robert Hatten, “Staging Subjectivity as Spiritual Freedom: Beethoven’s ‘Emergent’ Themes.” Music Culture Studies 18, no. 2 (2021): 157–67.
Chinese translator for MusicintheAir (MITA).
Distinctions
Council Member-At-Large, American Musicological Society, 2026–2029
Editorial Board Member, The Journal of Music History Pedagogy, 2024–present
Academic Innovation Award, Truman State University, 2025
Communications Committee Member, American Musicological Society, 2020–2023
Course list
| Survey of Western Art Music History | MUHI 3301 |
| Introduction to Graduate Studies | MUHI 6335 |
