About En-Chi Cheng

Taiwanese violist En-Chi Cheng’s recent performance highlights include a solo appearance with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra playing the Walton Concerto. He also performed as part of the 30th anniversary celebration concert series of the Taiwan National Concert Hall and chamber concert tours led by Nobuko Imai. He has been heard in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera House, Devid Geffen Hall, and Dresdner Philharmonie. He garnered the Balmoral Prize and the Josef Weinberger Publisher Prize in the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition. He was a semifinalist in the 67th ARD International Music Competition and the 4th Tokyo International Viola Competition. He received the Chi-Mei Arts Award from the Chi-Mei Cultural Foundation in 2012 and 2014. He has held the principal viola chair of the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, the Juilliard Orchestra, and the Moritzburg Academy Chamber Orchestra, among others. As a chamber musician, he has participated in the Marlboro Music Festival, Music from Angel Fire, and the Taos School of Music. Mr. Cheng completed a master’s degree at The Juilliard School, studied with Samuel Rhodes, and was a recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the Curtis Institute of Music, as a pupil of Joseph de Pasquale and Hsin-Yun Huang.