余靜姍

Helen is an incoming doctoral student in the highly selective Doctor of Musical Arts program at the New England Conservatory of Music, where she continues her violin performance studies with Professor Donald Weilerstein - her teacher for the past four years during her Master's and Graduate Diploma degrees - while also receiving new guidance from Professor Kristopher Tong, the co-chair of strings at the conservatory. Helen has been a recipient of the Dean's Scholarship throughout her years at NEC. She was also a full scholarship recipient of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund.

Recently, she has frequently been invited to freelance as a first violin section player with the Hong Kong Philharmonic whenever she is in town. She also performs with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as a section first violinist whenever opportunities arise.

Helen has served as concertmaster and principal second in highly selective music festivals and conservatory orchestras, including Tanglewood, Curtis Summerfest, NEC Chamber Orchestra, NEC Philharmonia, and the HKAPA Academy Orchestra. She once won a full scholarship to Aspen with the support of the Lady Fung Scholarship from the Asian Cultural Council. She actively pursues professional orchestra auditions while studying; she has been a semifinalist for the New York Philharmonic (section violin) and the Houston Symphony (Principal Second).

Helen loves chamber music. Her piano trio at NEC won the Honors Chamber Music Competition and performed a full-length recital in Jordan Hall during her first year. She has also participated in high-level chamber music festivals and organizations: she was a Young Artist Fellow at the Perlman Music Program chamber music workshop, a Chamber Seminar Fellow at the Heifetz International Music Institute, and an Emerging Artist at the Mimir Chamber Music Festival as a guest member of the Cong Quartet, with which she toured France. She also tours and performs with the Musicus Society whenever opportunities arise.

She has won several solo competitions in the past, including the HKAPA Concerto Competition, performing the Sibelius Violin Concerto with the Academy Orchestra, and winning the Tokyo International Youth Music Competition.

Helen started studying music at the age of three with piano group lessons at the Tom Lee Music Academy under Serina Tse. She then began violin group lessons at age five at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with Monica Chu. She became a junior and later a senior student at HKAPA, progressing from weekend lessons to earning her Bachelor's degree there, where she studied intensively for over twelve years with Professor Michael Ma. She was a full scholarship recipient of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship for undergraduates.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, she is also proud to be a graduate of St. Paul's Co-educational College, where she completed the International Baccalaureate program with high scores, received a music talent scholarship, and benefited from the mentorship of the school's music director at the time, renowned solo pianist Mr. Warren Lee.

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Chloe Chung