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Yoshida Won 2nd Prize and Best Performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto at the 13th International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition.
Taipei Music Academy & Festival alumni Minami Yoshida has been awarded 2nd Prize and the Prize for the Best Performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto at the prestigious Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition.

Violist Hsiang-Hsin Ching Joins The Philadelphia Orchestra. TMAF alumna Hsiang-Hsin Ching has been appointed a violist with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree at Peabody Institute, she received a full scholarship from TMAF in 2020 and the Aspen Music Festival in 2022. In 2023, she was a quartet-in-residence at the Texas Chamber Music … Violist Hsiang-Hsin Ching Joins The Philadelphia Orchestra

Inaugural Recipient of the Prestigious Harrell Dungey Cello Loan Competition Lynn Harrell Foundation I Cheng Liu Named as the Inaugural Recipient of the Prestigious Harrell Dungey Cello Loan Competition for 2022 The Taiwanese native & student from The Juilliard School of Music is the first ever winner of the cello loan competition founded by the … Inaugural Recipient of the Prestigious Harrell Dungey Cello Loan Competition

Violinist Ya-Chun Yang appointed Concertmaster at Taipei Symphony Orchestra Ya-Chun Yang has been appointed as the Concertmaster of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra. Yang graduated from New England Conservatory and Taipei National University of the Arts. Yang has won top prizes in numerous competitions, including the 1st Professor Shu-Te Sylvia Lee Violin Competition and she was … Violinist Ya-Chun Yang appointed Concertmaster at Taipei Symphony Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera welcomes violinist Angela Wee as its principal associate concertmaster the Strad The violinist auditioned for the position the day after flying back from a six-week tour of Asia American violinist Angela Wee has been appointed as principal associate concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. ’I am still processing the news,’ Wee told The … Metropolitan Opera welcomes violinist Angela Wee as its principal associate concertmaster

2022 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis THE VIOLIN CHANNEL28-year-old VC Young Artist Sirena Huang from the United States has just minutes ago been awarded the Gold Medal at the 2022 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI). A graduate of The Juilliard School and Yale University, where she studied with Stephen Clapp, Sylvia Rosenberg, Itzhak Perlman and Hyo Kang, Sirena is a former major prize winner at … 2022 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis

Cellist and double bassist to begin as LA Phil Resident Fellows the StradCellist Ismael Guerrero and double bassist Nicholas Arredondo prepare for their first season as the 2022-23 Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen LA Phil Resident Fellows  In autumn 2022, Cuban cellist Ismael Guerrero and US double bassist Nicholas Arredondo will become the LA Philharmonic … Cellist and double bassist to begin as LA Phil Resident Fellows

Kansas City Symphony Appoints New Principal Viola THE VIOLIN CHANNELMing-Yu Hsu is from New Taipei City, Taiwan, and first studied viola with Jui-Se Yang of the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University. In 2014, she entered the Curtis Institute of Music under the tutelage of Hsin-Yun Huang serving as the institution’s Walter … Kansas City Symphony Appoints New Principal Viola