Stella Chen (violinist)
American violinist
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Stella Chen (born 1992) is an American violinist.[1] She was the first prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium in 2019; won the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2020;[2] and was named the Young Artist of the Year, Gramophone Classical Music Awards in 2023.
Stella Chen | |
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Stella Chen performing at the Bing Concert Hall, Stanford | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1992 (age 33–34) |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Violinist |
| Instrument | 1700 ex-Petri Stradivarius |
| Website | stellachen |
Biography
Chen is a graduate of Harvard University (BA, psychology), the Juilliard School, and the New England Conservatory of Music, where she earned a master's degree.[1] She studied at Juilliard under Itzhak Perlman, Donald Weilerstein, Li Lin and Catherine Cho (DMA 2021).[3][4] From 2019 to 2023 she studied at the Kronberg Academy with Mihaela Martin.[5]
Chen performed as soloist with the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony and appeared in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Vienna's Musikverein and Berliner Philharmonie.[6] She plays chamber music with Perlman, Weilerstein, and Robert Levin.[7]
From 2019 to 2023, Chen played the 'Huggins' 1708 Stradivarius violin loaned from the Nippon Music Foundation[8][9] and plays the 1700 ex-Petri Stradivarius on loan from Ryuji Ueno and Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.[10]
In 2025, Chen joined the violin faculty of the Juilliard School.[11]
Awards
- 2006: Fifth prize, junior division, Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France[12]
- 2008: Fourth prize, senior division, Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, Cardiff, Wales[12]
- 2015: Recipient, Robert Levin Prize, Harvard University[5]
- 2017: Second prize Winner, Tibor Varga International Violin Competition[13]
- 2019: First prize, Queen Elisabeth Competition, Brussels, Belgium[1][10]
- 2020: Recipient, Lincoln Center Emerging Artist Award[14]
- 2020: Recipient, Avery Fisher Career Grant
- 2023: Recipient, Young Artist of the Year, Gramophone Classical Music Awards