Stella Chen

American violinist Stella Chen first gained international recognition as the winner of the 2019 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition. In 2023 she was named Young Artist of the Year at the Gramophone Awards.

She has performed concertos, recitals and chamber music across North America, Europe and Asia. She recently made debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Orchestra of St Luke’s. Her performances have taken her to some of the world’s leading venues, including the Vienna Musikverein, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Berlin Philharmonie. She appears frequently with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, both in New York and on tour.

Highlights of this season include concerto debuts with the Antwerp, Cincinnati and Vancouver Symphony orchestras and an American tour with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, including a performance at Carnegie Hall. She appears as a recitalist and chamber musician at La Jolla Music Society and Chamber Music San Francisco, as well as leading a residency at San Francisco Conservatory.

As a chamber musician, she has appeared at leading festivals such as the Kronberg Academy, Moritzburg Festival, Ravinia, Seattle Chamber Music Society, Perlman Music Program, Music@Menlo, Bridgehampton, Rockport and Sarasota Festival.

She is the inaugural recipient of the Robert Levin Award from Harvard University, where she was mentored and inspired by Robert Levin. Her teachers and mentors have included Donald Weilerstein, Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, Li Lin and Catherine Cho. She received her doctorate from the Juilliard School, where she was recently appointed to the College Division String Faculty. She also serves as Visiting Assistant Professor at the Shenandoah Conservatory and is on the faculty of the Nume Festival and Academy in Cortona.

Stella Chen performs on the ‘General Kyd’ 1720 Stradivarius, generously on loan from Dr Ryuji Ueno and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.

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Daeth y feiolinydd Americanaidd Stella Chen i amlygrwydd rhyngwladol gyntaf fel enillydd Cystadleuaeth Ffidil Ryngwladol y Frenhines Elisabeth 2019. Yn 2023 cafodd ei henwi’n Artist Ifanc y Flwyddyn yng Ngwobrau Gramophone.

Mae hi wedi perfformio concertos, datganiadau a cherddoriaeth siambr ar draws Gogledd America, Ewrop ac Asia. Yn ddiweddar, gwnaeth ymddangosiadau cyntaf gyda cherddorfa Ffilharmonig Efrog Newydd, Symffoni Chicago, Cerddorfa Minnesota, Ffilharmonig Israel, Cerddorfa Siambr Ewrop a Cherddorfa St Luke’s. Mae ei pherfformiadau wedi mynd â hi i rai o lwyfannau mwyaf y byd, gan gynnwys Musikverein Fienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam a Philharmonie Berlin. Bydd yn ymddangos yn aml gyda Chymdeithas Cerddoriaeth Siambr Canolfan Lincoln, yn Efrog Newydd ac ar daith.

Ymhlith uchafbwyntiau’r tymor hwn mae concertos cyntaf gyda cherddorfeydd Symffoni Antwerp, Cincinnati a Vancouver a thaith Americanaidd gyda Cherddorfa Siambr Orpheus, gan gynnwys perfformiad yn Neuadd Carnegie. Mae’n ymddangos fel datganydd a cherddor siambr yng Nghymdeithas Gerddoriaeth La Jolla a Cherddoriaeth Siambr San Francisco, yn ogystal ag arwain preswyliad yn y San Francisco Conservatory.

Fel cerddor siambr, mae hi wedi ymddangos mewn gwyliau blaenllaw fel Academi Kronberg, Gŵyl Moritzburg, Ravinia, Cymdeithas Cerddoriaeth Siambr Seattle, Perlman Music Program, Music@Menlo, Bridgehampton, Rockport a Gŵyl Sarasota.

Hi yw derbynnydd cyntaf Gwobr Robert Levin gan Brifysgol Harvard, lle cafodd ei mentora a’i hysbrydoli gan Robert Levin. Cafodd ei haddysgu a’i mentora gan Donald Weilerstein, Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, Li Lin a Catherine Cho ymhlith eraill. Derbyniodd ei doethuriaeth o Ysgol Juilliard, lle cafodd ei phenodi’n ddiweddar i Gyfadran Llinynnol Adran y Coleg. Mae’n gwasanaethu hefyd fel Athro Cynorthwyol Gwadd yn y Shenandoah Conservatory ac mae ar gyfadran Gŵyl ac Academi Nume yn Cortona.

Mae Stella Chen yn perfformio ar y ‘General Kyd’ 1720 Stradivarius, ar fenthyg hael gan Dr Ryuji Ueno a Rare Violins In Consortium, Cydweithfa i Artistiaid a Chymwynaswyr.