Stradivarius International Violin Competition
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Yu-Ting Chen
Taiwan
Yu-Ting Chen began her
music studies at age three, learning piano, dance, and vocal
music in addition to the violin. After studying at the Taipei
Culture of Young Children of Music Center from 1999 to 2003, she
passed, at age nine, the Violin Performance of soloist
(Superlative) Qualification tests of Beijing and Taiwan, both
with “Excellent” scores. She studied at the Central Conservatory
of Music Junior High School in Beijing, and was accepted in 2010
as a violin student at the Curtis Institute of Music, to study
with Ida Kavafian.
Yu-Ting has won many important competitions. At age ten, Yu-Ting
won 1st prize in violin at the 1st Amadeus Musical Competition
by the highest score in stringed music groups. She is also a
two-time first prize winner of The National Student Musical
Competition of Ministry of Education for violin.
In International Music Competition, Yu-Ting took the finals of
the 5th Osaka International Music Competition with the youngest
age in 2004, won the “Only Supreme Award from Rumania National
Broadcasting Station and the Bishop Team of Greek Orthodox
Church,” and received honors from the Fifth Asia Future Start
Music Competition held by the National University of Singapore.
In 2010, she was chosen as a finalist in the Philadelphia
Orchestra Greenfield Concerto Competition. She also recently
participated in master classes with famous violinists Vadim
Repin and Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Yu-Ting’s upcoming schedule includes additional international
competitions, such as the Moscow International David Oistrakh
Violin Competition later this year.