VIOLIN
Cheng-Chih Kevin Tsai, Concertmaster
Ingrid Tang, Co-Concertmaster Christopher Jones, 2nd Violin Principal
Francine Bloom
Nelly Fedorova
Constance Lin Kaita
Euihyun Robert Kim
Joy Kippum Lee
Rukun Lin
Matthew Liu
Judith Morse
Meng-Ching Sun
Claire Wilson
Elzbieta Winnicki Eunmin Woo
Nayoung Yang
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VIOLA
Ning Mu, Principal
Tzu-Yin Angelika Teng
Penny Luan
Jennifer Mao
violoncello
Courtney Lin Kaita, Principal
Mark Bassett
Jaclyn Chu
Jessica Hong
Ethan Liaw
Mimi Morris Kim
Myeong-Jin Kim
Jason Xie
BASS
Steven Kyle, Principal
Nathan White
VIOLIN
Ingrid Tang, a co-concertmaster of the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, was born in China, receiving her early training on the violin from her mother. She was later accepted and studied at the Shenyang Music Institute. In the beginning year of 1980, Ms. Tang was recommended to the National Orchestra of the Air Force in China, where she played as a professional violinist for more than ten years and later became the co-concertmaster of the Chinese National Orchestra of the Air Force. Ms. Tang also studied and received her degrees at the National Arts Institute in Beijing. Ms. Tang is currently living in Dayton, New Jersey where she performs actively as a chamber musician of Trio Cordialis and other chamber music groups, playing with Boheme Opera NJ, New Jersey Capital Philharmonic Orchestra. She maintains an active private teaching studio for 20 years and received 2014 Teacher of the Year Award of New Jersey Music Teachers Association. She also serves as a chairperson for strings of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association.
VIOLA
Ning Mu, principal violist of the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, is an experienced soloist and chamber and orchestral musician. He has received numerous awards for musical excellence in China and the US. He has performed in chamber music concerts in Carnegie Weill Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall, including appearing with the Guarneri String Quartet. He recently gave a highly acclaimed performance of the “Butterfly Lovers" Concerto at the Ware Center in Lancaster, PA. Mr. Mu began studying violin with his father at 8 years old. He graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music of Beijing with a Bachelor’s degree, and received a Master’s degree at Rutgers University under Michael Tree. Mr. Mu taught violin and viola at the Pennsylvania Academy of Music in Lancaster, and conducted its Philharmonic Orchestra. He was also a viola professor at Franklin and Marshall College. Mr. Mu is the founder and Artistic Director of the International Festival and School in Colombia, South America. He has given master classes and chamber music recitals at the National Center for the Performing Arts and the China Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
Tzu-Yin Angelika Teng, violist, was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She has received her Doctoral of Music Arts at Mason Gross School of Performing Arts, Rutgers University. She received her degree of Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance at Tainan National University of the Arts, and the Masters degree at Mannes College The New School for Music. Her principal teachers are Nai-Yueh Chang, Thomas Kakuska, Ira Weller, and Choong-Jin Chang. She has studied chamber music with Dr. Chin Kim and Todd Philips. She has taken master classes with Igor Boguslavsky, Hsin-Yun Huang, and Scott Lee. She was top prize winner of Taiwan National Competition of Music in 2004. Ms. Teng has given many of recitals and participated numerous of concerts, and has attended Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival. Dr. Teng has a private studio teaching violin and viola New York and New Jersey area.
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Dr. Hyojin Lee has appeared as a soloist with such orchestras as the Slovak Košice National Philharmon- ic, the Hungary Savaria Symphony, Soli Deo Orchestra, the Kyungbook Symphony, the Keimyung University Orchestra, Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra, Multimedia Art Ensemble ARS and the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra. She has given solo recitals at venues including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center in New York. She has served as principal cellist of the Indiana Concert Orchestra, IN, Daegu Contemporary Music Orchestra and Daegu Opera House Orchestra, South Korea.
She won multiple prizes in national and international competitions such as National Music Competition sponsored by TBC Broadcasting Corporation and Jinhae Goonhang Music Festival Competition, South Korea.
Ms. Lee was a recipient of the Dean’s Music Merit Scholarship at Indiana University,
where she received her Master of Music degree and her Performer’s Diploma. She is holding the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rutgers University, where she was awarded the top scholarship with full Scholarship and Stipend. Her major teachers are all world-renowned cellists and Tchaikovsky Competition judges, including prominent figures such as Csaba Onczay, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, and Kazimierz M. Michalik. Additionally, she had the privilege of learning from the legendary cellist Janos Starker, whose influence significantly shaped her musical development. She has participated in numerous master classes with such artists as Gary Hoffman, Julius Berger, Werner Thomas-Mifune, and Timothy Eddy, as well as festivals in Europe including the Mozarteum Music Festival (Austria) and the Zagan Music Academy (Poland).
Ms. Lee has premiered numerous works by composers including Eunshil Kwon, Gregory Kim, and Jaman Koo, Stefan Swanson, Gregory Rossetti and Joshua Booth.
She currently serves as a chamber music coach at Bravura Youth program, as well as a cello instructor and chamber music coach at the 4string Music Festival in New York and the Northern Light Music Festival in Northern Minnesota where she performs as the principal cellist of the festival orchestra and chamber mu- sician during the summer.
For more informations, please visit www.cellohyojinlee.com.