Tianyou Ma

Tianyou Ma, from Shenzhen, China, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2019 and studies violin with Shmuel Ashkenasi and Pamela Frank. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Mr. Ma is the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Fellow.

Mr. Ma has been a top prize winner in numerous prestigious international competitions, including the Sendai International Music Competition, The Menuhin International Violin Competition (also the recipient of the Bach Prize), the J.S. Bach competition, the Postacchini Competition and the Chicago Violin Competition both in the USA.

Mr. Ma has been a single-study student at the Elder Conservatorie of Music in Adelaide, Australia, since 2010, where he was awarded a full scholarship to study with Keith Crellin from 2010-2013. Since 2014, he has been awarded a full scholarship at The Yehudi Menuhin School in the U.K. and studied violin with Diana Galvydyte. He was also awarded a full scholarship covering all his living fees from the Music and Dance Scheme in the U.K. from 2016 – 2019. Mr. Ma started his undergraduate study with a full scholarship at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in August 2019, studying with Pamela Frank and Shmuel Ashkenasi.

Mr. Ma has performed as a soloist with orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, Webern Kammerphilharmonie, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, London Doctors’ Orchestra, Adelaide Youth Orchestra, and Yehudi Menuhin School Orchestra. He has performed as a soloist and a chamber musician in many European countries, Asia, the USA, and Oceania. He has spent his summers studying at the Verbier Festival Academy and International Summer Academy (Internationale Sommerakademie der mdw).

Tianyou Ma plays a 1684 Andrea Guarneri on a generous loan from the Curtis Institute of Music.