Sheng-Ching Hsu

Second Violin

Joined the orchestra: 2019

Born in Taiwan, Sheng-Ching Hsu was six years old when she made her first public appearance as a violinist and a pianist at the National Cheng-Kung University. Since then, she has performed in venues such as the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall,  Walt Disney Hall, Teatro Municipal de Santiago (Chile), Remonstrantse Kerk in Alkmaar (The Netherlands), Théâtre de l’Île-Saint-Louis (Paris), National Recital Hall (Taiwan) and more. She is a member of Delirium Musicum and guest principal 2nd violin of St. Matthew’s Chamber Orchestra. Sheng-Ching earned her BM degree from the Mannes College of Music, MM degree from The Juilliard School, and DMA degree from SUNY Stony Brook University. Her major teachers include Catherine Cho, Christina Khimm, Itzhak Perlman, and Aaron Rosand. Sheng-Ching is currently based in Los Angeles where she created “S-C Sidewalk Performances” where she brought weekly live music to the street corners of West LA during the pandemic. The performances brought comfort and hope to many people during the time of isolation, and was featured on KTTV Fox 11 Los Angeles. Sheng-Ching is a faculty of California State University – Long Beach, and Colburn Community School of Performing Arts. Sheng-Ching is also a music arranger; recent commissions include The Star-Spangled Banner for the New Asia Chamber Music Society for the New York Knicks’ Lunar New Year game in Madison Square Garden. (www.shengchinghsu.com)