Fiona Zhonghan Chen

Fiona Zhonghan Chen is a violinist born in Shanghai in 2003. She began her musical studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music with Qing Zheng and Shuting Wu, before continuing her education at the Mozarteum University Salzburg Pre-College, where she studied with Paul Roczek. She is currently completing her bachelor’s degree at the Mozarteum with Lily Francis. Fiona has appeared as a soloist with the Salzburg Chamber Soloists Orchestra and the Wratislavia Chamber Orchestra. She has collaborated with musicians including Jeremy Menuhin, Mark Schumann, Piotr Szumiel, and members of the Berlin Philharmonic. She has participated in international festivals and academies such as the Kronberg Violin Masterclass, Villars Institute, and Morningside Music Bridge. Her artistic development has also been shaped through lessons with violinists including Leonidas Kavakos, Kolja Blacher, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Ingolf Turban, Hagai Shaham, Stephan Picard, and Kirill Troussov. Fiona performs on a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin (1842).