Pei-Chun Liao had her musical studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire, with Malcolm Wilson and Philip Martin, graduated with Distinction in both her Masters for the Arts and Diploma in Performance Studies, and at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg in Germany with Professor Vitali Berzon. Liao performs internationally as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She made appearances at prestigious venues around the world including her UK debut at Birmingham Symphony Hall where her recital received a special mention, Manchester Peel Hall, Mozarteum Wiener Saal (Salzburg), Salle Cortot (Paris), Rachmaninoff Hall (Tambov), Presteigne Music Society, Knighton Chamber Music Society, Barber Institute (UK).
She is a prizewinner of numerous competitions, including 3rd prize at the Taipei Chopin international Competition, the Taiwan Young Artist Competition. In the UK she won the Beryl Chempin Beethoven Prize, Birmingham Conservatoire Piano Prize, Renna Kellaway Piano Recital Competition, Birmingham Symphony Hall Recital Prize and the Ludlow Philharmonic Concerto Prize. She also received the 2nd Prize at the 7th Mauro Paolo Monopoli International Piano Competition (2004) in Italy. In 2009 she was selected as "Young Star of National Concert Hall" in Taiwan. In 2019, Liao has been invited to join as guest artist in Ball State University, Illinois State University and university of Tennessee as well as Walled City International Piano Festival and Competition in North Ireland. Liao is currently an assistant professor on the piano faculty at University of Taipei in Taiwan.