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Yu-Ping Tsai
2021 Violin Fellow
YU-PING TSAI ('20) 20, born in Taipei, Taiwan, is earning a bachelor’s degree at The Juilliard School, where she studies with Joseph Lin. Ms. Tsai attended Music@Menlo in 2019, and performed with the Wu-Ling Philharmonic Orchestra as a soloist. In 2016, Ms. Tsai won first prize in the Chiang Mai Ginastera International Music Competition and Festival.