| Keng-Yuen
Tseng
A native of Taiwan, Keng-Yuen
Tseng began studying the violin at the age
of five and made his performing debut at
the age of seven. Upon his arrival in the
United States in 1980 Mr. Tseng was awarded
a full scholarship at Manhattan School of
Music where he studied with Erick Friedman
and Glenn Dicterow.
Mr. Tseng
has won numerous top prizes at national
and international competitions both here
and abroad. In 1990, he received the award
for best interpretation of a new composition
at the Tchaikovsky International Competition
in Moscow, and three years later he triumphed
at the Queen Elisabeth International Violin
Competition in Belgium by winning the Silver
Medal. Among his other prizes are the ones
at the North Carolina Symphony Artist Competition,
New Jersey Symphony Artist Competition,
and the Washington International String
Competition.
Mr. Tseng has performed
in recital and as soloist with orchestras
throughout the US, Europe, Central and South
America, the Far East, Including the National
Orchestra of Belgium, Noordholan Philharmonic,
Koninklijk Philharmonic Orkest van Vlaanderen,
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Simon Bolivar
Orquesta Sinfonica, Tibilisi Symphony Orchestra
and the Taiwan Symphony, among others. He
has appeared at such venues as the Washington’s
Kennedy Center and Phillips Collection,
Carnegie Hall, Palais des Beaux-Arts in
Belgium and Theatre Des Champs-Elysees in
Paris. His 1995 performance in Beijing was
televised throughout China.
A dedicated teacher,
Mr. Tseng has taught at State University
of New York (Purchase), New York University
and is currently a faculty member at the
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.
He travels to his native Taiwan several
times each year to conduct master classes
and seminars and serves as the Artistic
Director of Shuan Yin International Music
Festival. In addition, Mr. Tseng also serves
as a member of the Honorary Advisory Council
of the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan.
“An active Player who thrives on the contact
between orchestra and soloist… Tseng also
succeeded brilliantly as recitalist, he
drew the audience away from a competition
atmosphere.”
- - The Strad Magazine
“Here is the real
thing, commanding presence, interpretive
ideas, a fully throughout conception of
the music from beginning to end… Here are
musical ideas and performance skills wedded
in most convincing fashion.”
- - Fanfare recording
review
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