Originally from Malaysia, Christina Tio attended the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the United Kingdom to study piano where she earned her Performing Diploma, a Teaching Diploma, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the Birmingham City University . She continued on to complete her Masters degree in Piano Performance at the University of Reading , where she studied with Frank Wibaut from the Royal Academy of Music, London. Her mentors over the years also include Malcolm Wilson and Alison Pottinger
While completing her doctoral dissertation, Christina assumed the position of lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia, and taught there for two years. Her students performed successful recitals, and completed musicological papers that advanced them to graduate programs at universities in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. A period of busy freelancing teaching schedule followed, as she taught and conducted seminars as a guest lecturer at music colleges and major universities in Kuala Lumpur,
Christina has taken Suzuki coursework and registered book trainings with Doris Koppelman , Rita Hauck , Mary Craig Powell and Caroline Fraser and Fay Adams . Passionate about the Suzuki philosophy, she considers parent education and developing musicality her forte. She enjoys a thriving studio characterized by excellence and joy, where music making is appreciated as a lifelong endeavor. Her students frequently receive awards at festivals and competitions, including appearance at Carnegie Hall. Currently, sh