Viola
Yuchen Tao
Yuchen Tao was born in Chengdu, China. In her hometown she attended the State Music High School.
In 2012 she began her bachelor's degree in viola at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Prof. Jensen Horn-Sin Lam, which she successfully completed. In addition, she completed a degree in chamber music. Since 2016, Yuchen Tao studies in master studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy Leipzig with Prof. Tatjana Masurenko and Prof. Frank Reinecke.
Yuchen Tao has been attending numerous master classes since 2014 with Gilad Karni, Lars Anders Tomter, Veronika Hagen, Françoise Gnéri and Martin Outram. She gained her first professional experience as an orchestra musician with the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Opera House, the Anhalt Philharmonic in Dessau and the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn.
Since September 2018 she is a scholarship holder of the Dual Orchesterakademie Thuringia.
Alumni
Hadar Kadosh (Akademist Kontrabass 09/2022 - 02/2023)
- Solo-Kontrabassist, New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv
- Barbara Krimmel (Akademistin Horn 03/2021 - 02/2023)
Sava Pavlic (Akademist Kontrabass 09/2022 – 01/2023)
- Jenaer Philharmonie (ZV)
Alberto Rodríguez Vázquez (Akademist Oboe 09/2022 – 11/2022)
- koordinierter Solo-Oboist, Hofer Symphoniker
Darius Finkbeiner (Akademist Posaune 09/2021 - 07/2022)
- Bielefelder Philharmoniker (ZV)
Barnabás Fekete (Akademist Schlagwerk 09/2019 - 02/2022)
- Jenaer Philharmonie (ZV), Lehrer Musik- und Kunstschule Jena
Philine Blachny (Akademistin Viola 09/2019 - 02/2022)
- Münchner Symphoniker (ZV)
Johannes Kilian (Akademist Schlagwerk 09/2019 - 02/2022)
- stellv. Solopauker mit Verpflichtung Schlagzeug (ZV), Vogtlandphilharmonie Greiz-Reichenbach
Juliane Doiwa (Akademistin Violine 10/2019 - 01/2022)
- Künstlermanagerin und Konzertorganisatorin, Impresariat Simmenauer Berlin
Judith Meng (Akademistin Posaune 03/2021 - 07/2021)
- Akademistin Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Oreto Vayá Chover (Akademistin Viola 09/2019 - 07/2021)
Benjamin Pant (Akademist Violine 02/2019 - 02/2021)
- Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin (ZV), Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin
Han-Yun Cheng (Akademistin Violoncello 09/2018 - 02/2021)
- Jenaer Philharmonie (ZV), Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg Gera (ZV)
Stefan Petkovic (Akademist Violoncello 09/2018 - 02/2021)
- Cello tutti, Brandenburger Symphoniker, seit 2022 Lehrer Musikschule Brandenburg an der Havel
Joana Dimova (Akademistin Kontrabass 09/2018 - 08/2020)
Anqi Shen (Akademistin Violine 09/2018 - 11/2019)
- Violine tutti (ZV), Badische Philharmonie Pforzheim
Rafael Baena-Nieto (Akademist – Kontrabass 09/2018 - 10/2019)
- Kontrabass tutti, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz
Barbara Parker Kostner (Akademistin Violine 09/2018 - 10/2019)
- 1. Violine tutti (ZV), Jenaer Philharmonie, später 2. Violine tutti (ZV), Robert-Schumann Philharmonie Chemnitz
Anna Zaubzer (Akademistin Violine 09/2018 - 08/2019)
- seit 09/2019 2. Violine tutti, Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg Gera
Matthias Wähner (Akademist Viola 09/2018 - 03/2019)
- seit 2019 koord. stellv. Solobratschist, Thüringer Symponiker Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Yuchen Tao (Akademistin Viola 09/2018 - 03/2019)
- Augsburger Philharmoniker (ZV)
Anna Marila (Akademistin Violine 09/2018 - 02/2019)