Yi-Ju Chen

Yi-Ju Chen, second Violin Principal, graduated from National Tai-wan Normal University and received her Master degree in Violin Performance from SooChow University, department of music. Dur-ing her young age at school, Ms. Chen was representing school to take the invitation of the Ministry of Education and performed as violin soloist in National Concert Hall. She also performed Saint-Saëns’ Havanaise violin concerto with Orchestra. In 2001, Ms. Chen was also invited to perform Mendelssohn E minor Violin Concerto with YWCA Youth Orchestra. In 2004, Ms. Chen per-formed, as the soloist, of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons-Winter with NSO String Chamber Ensemble and toured throughout Taiwan. In 2005, Ms. Chen was invited by Shin-Tien Gon Culture & Education Foun-dation to perform Bach Double Violin Concert.

In 2008, Ms. Chen became the first generation members of NSO String Ensemble, which holding concerts in National Concert Hall and toured throughout Taiwan. In 2010, she founded Star-Ensemble and receive favourable comments while trying to com-bine lights, multimedia, and actors in music performance. In 2017, to promote chamber music, she co-founded the String quartet with colleagues, and got the chance to perform with CMS in 2020.

During all these days, no effort has been spared in education. Ms. Chen is also a teacher of Music Program in FuXing Elementary school, and the teacher of many student-string-orchestra as well.