Ming-Yu Hsu, viola

Ming-Yu Hsu, from New Taipei City, Taiwan, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2014 and studies viola with Hsin-Yun Huang. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Ms. Hsu is the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Fellow.

Ms. Hsu won first prize in Taiwan’s National Students Music Competition, the Taipei City Students Music Competition, the Asia Pacific Cup, and the Taipei Culture Cup; and was a semi-finalist in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition and a participant in the Tokyo International Viola Competition. She has performed in venues around the world, including Taipei’s Zhong-Shan Hall, the Gu-Ting School, the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University, Musiikkitalo, Konzerthaus Berlin, Kulturpalast Dresden, Cadogan Hall, Mozarteum’s Grosser Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus, and the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music. Most recently, she has performed at the Kimmel Center and at Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown, Pa.

Ms. Hsu has participated in master classes with Misha Amory, Choong-Jin Chang, Isabel Charisius, Chen-Yen Chen, Pamela Frank, Gérard Caussé, Veit Hertenstein, Nobuko Imai, Kim Kashkashian, Li Sheng, Antoine Tamestit, and Tabea Zimmermann. Prior to entering Curtis, she studied with Jui-Se Yang of the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University.

Maya Anjali Buchanan, from Rapid City, S.D., is a student of Ida Kavafian and entered Curtis in 2018.

Zach Hoi Leong Cheong, from Hong Kong and Macau, is a student of Robert McDonald and entered Curtis in 2018.

EunSeo Lee, from Daejeon, Korea, is a student of Ida Kavafian and entered Curtis in 2017.

John Lee, from Basking Ridge, N.J, is a student of Gary Hoffman and Peter Wiley, and entered Curtis in 2018.

Haneul Park, from Seoul, is a student of Hsin-Yun Huang and entered Curtis in 2021.

Jenny Chen, staff pianist

The Edith L. and Robert Prostkoff Memorial Concert Series. The Curtis Institute of Music receives funding from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.