Background
Yu-Chien Tseng was born in New Taipei, Taiwan. His father enrolled him in percussion classes after hearing tests showed Tseng"s hearing to be normal.
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Education
In his native Taiwan, he studied with Po-Shan Lin, Ying-Liang Shen, I-Ching Li and C. Nanette Chen.
Career
Tseng has recorded for Fuga Libera and the Chimei Museum. In pre-school, Tseng"s parents worried that he was tone deaf. He started to study the violin at the age of 5.
By the age of 6, he had already performed with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra.
Since 2008 he has studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, under professors Ida Kavafian and Aaron Rosand. In 2012 he took fifth place in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels.
He has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Belgium, and the symphony orchestras of Singapore, Taipei, and Navarra among others He has given solo concerts in cities in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Achievements
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2006: Third Prize in Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists Junior division 2009: First Prize and Prize to Best Interpreter of Works by Sarasate in 10th Pablo Sarasate International Competition in Pamplona (Spain) 2010: Associazione Amici di Paganini Prize and Prize in memory of Doctor Enrico Costa in the 53rd Paganini Competition 2011: Jury Discretionary Award in The XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011: First Prize and Isang Yun Special Prize in Isang Yun Competition in Tongyeong (South of Korea) 2012: Fifth Prize in Queen Elisabeth Competition 2015: First Prize in Singapore International Violin Competition 2015: Second Prize in the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition (no first prize awarded).
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Born
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Nationality
Taiwan
Awards
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2006: Third Prize in Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists Junior division 2009: First Prize and Prize to Best Interpreter of Works by Sarasate in 10th Pablo Sarasate International Competition in Pamplona (Spain) 2010: Associazione Amici di Paganini Prize and Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa in the 53rd Paganini Competition 2011: Jury Discretionary Award in The XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011: First Prize and Isang Yun Special Prize in Isang Yun Competition in Tongyeong (South Korea) 2012: Fifth Prize in Queen Elisabeth Competition 2015: First Prize in Singapore International Violin Competition 2015: Second Prize in the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition (no first prize awarded)2006: Third Prize in Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists Junior division 2009: First Prize and Prize to Best Interpreter of Works by Sarasate in 10th Pablo Sarasate International Competition in Pamplona (Spain) 2010: Associazione Amici di Paganini Prize and Prize in memory of Dr. Enrico Costa in the 53rd Paganini Competition 2011: Jury Discretionary Award in The XIV International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011: First Prize and Isang Yun Special Prize in Isang Yun Competition in Tongyeong (South Korea) 2012: Fifth Prize in Queen Elisabeth Competition 2015: First Prize in Singapore International Violin Competition 2015: Second Prize in the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition (no first prize awarded)