Australian violinist Tim Yu has joined the award-winning chamber ensemble
Australian violinist Tim Yu has joined the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) as a full-time member. Yu was previously a casual violinist with the ensemble. He was also an ACO Emerging Artist in 2020 and 2021.
Yu is a graudate of the University of Melbourne and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he studied his master’s degree with Alice Waten, graduating in 2021. He has won first prizes in the 2018 Gisborne International Music Competition and 2021 Kendall National Violin Competition.
He was concertmaster of the Sydney Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and has worked with Günter Pichler, Jun Iwasaki, Frank Huang, Oliver Wille, Marcus Becker, Daniel Müller-Schott and the Storioni Trio in string quartets and piano trios. He has participated in the ProQuartet professional training course in Paris and the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland.
Yu was a Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellow and has performed as a casual violinist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Opera Australia. He has toured Europe, the US and China as part of symphony orchestras, and has participated in numerous masterclasses with musicians such as Midori and Frank Huang.
He performs on an 1800 violin made by Raffaele & Antonio Gagliano.
The ACO is one of the world’s leading chamber ensembles, and is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. It comprises 17 musicians and has been under the artistic directorship of Australian violinist and ACO lead violin Richard Tognetti since 1990.
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