Mei ching Huang
Mei ching Huang joined The Philadelphia Orchestra in January 2015. Previously, she was associate principal violin II of the San Diego Symphony and prior to that, a member of the New York Philharmonic and the Grant Park Orchestra in Chicago.
A former student of Keng-Yuen Tseng at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, Ms. Huang has won numerous awards and honors, including first prize in the Marbury Violin Competition, second prize in the National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists Competition, a top prize in the Hellam Young Artists’ Competition, and a finalist in the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand. She is also the recipient of scholarships from such diverse organizations as the Leni Fe Bland Foundation, Peabody Career Development Grants, and the Taiwan Culture and Arts Foundation.
Ms. Huang holds a graduate diploma and a master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where her principal teacher was Robert Mann. She is a recipient of a Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation scholarship, through which she is continuing graduate studies with Midori Goto at USC’s Thornton School of Music. Additionally, she has studied with David and Linda Cerone at Encore School for Strings.
An avid chamber musician, Huang appeared on the New York Philharmonic Ensembles chamber music series at Merkin Concert Hall. She is also the founding member of the Voyage String Quartet, formed in 2009 in Taiwan, where the quartet has made appearances at national concert hall and various institutions.
A former student of Keng-Yuen Tseng at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, Ms. Huang has won numerous awards and honors, including first prize in the Marbury Violin Competition, second prize in the National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloists Competition, a top prize in the Hellam Young Artists’ Competition, and a finalist in the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand. She is also the recipient of scholarships from such diverse organizations as the Leni Fe Bland Foundation, Peabody Career Development Grants, and the Taiwan Culture and Arts Foundation.
Ms. Huang holds a graduate diploma and a master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where her principal teacher was Robert Mann. She is a recipient of a Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation scholarship, through which she is continuing graduate studies with Midori Goto at USC’s Thornton School of Music. Additionally, she has studied with David and Linda Cerone at Encore School for Strings.
An avid chamber musician, Huang appeared on the New York Philharmonic Ensembles chamber music series at Merkin Concert Hall. She is also the founding member of the Voyage String Quartet, formed in 2009 in Taiwan, where the quartet has made appearances at national concert hall and various institutions.