TSENG Yu-chien, violin
© Philip Van Ootegem
TSENG was the second prize of the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition(the highest prize of that year since first prize was not awarded). TSENG has already set more than his share of records in his young life, triumphing in many international violin competitions as the youngest participant. After winning the third prize in the junior division of Menuhin Competition at the age of 11 in 2006. In 2009, he won the first prize of the Sarasate Competition and the special prize for the best performance of Sarasate’s works. In 2011, TSENG took the first prize in the Isang Yun International Violin Competition in Korea, and the best interpretation prize of works by Isang Yun. In 2012, TSENG was the fifth laureate and won the audience prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition. In 2015, he took the first prize in the inaugural Singapore International Competition.
TSENG is already developing a promising career as a violinist. He has performed as soloist with many prestigious orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Mariinsky Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic and among others. His first recording, a disc of all French music, was released internationally in 2012. The most recent album, will be released under Deutsche Grammophon label in 2016.