Yu-Ting Chen

A native of Taiwan, Yu-Ting made her solo debut with orchestra at the age of 7, performing Mozart concerto no. 3 with the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. Since then she has worked with several orchestras including the Royal Academy Orchestra of London, Cape Symphony Orchestra in 2016, “Mihail Jora” State Philharmonic Orchestra in Varallo Sesia, Italy in 2010, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Macau youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra in 2003. She has also performed extensively in many prestigious halls such as the Royal Festival Hall, Duke’s Hall in London, Macau Arts Center, The Arts Center Gold Coast in Australia, BHS performing arts center, Taipei National Concert Hall, Taipei National Recital Hall, The National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra Recital Hall, Taichung National Theater, and WeiWuYin Concert Hall.

In addition to winning top prizes at the Menuhin Violin Competition in 2016, Stradivarius International Violin Competition in 2010, Taiwan National Music Competitions in 2010 and 2008, the 1^st Amadeus Musical Competition in 2008, the 5^th Asian Rising Star Competition in 2006, the 16^th Europe FLAME Competition in 2005, the 5^th Osaka International Music Competition in 2004, Yu-Ting received a scholarship and Testore violin loan from the Chimei Foundation back in Taiwan, and was awarded the Chimei Arts Awards in 2013 and 2014. In 2016, she garnered the Milka/Curtis Violin Prize at the Curtis Institute of Music.