Keiko Ying enjoys a
versatile
career as a cello performer in solo, orchestral and chamber music
settings and as a dedicated teacher. She currently serves as
principal of CityMusic Cleveland chamber orchestra and was also
recently hired as a full-time member of the Syracuse Symphony
Orchestra. She has previously been principal of the Spoleto
Festival Orchestra. She is an active participant in music
festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music
Festival and Skaneateles Festival, and has collaborated in chamber
music performances with Leon Fleisher, Gil Shaham, Alex Kerr, Wu Han,
Lawrence Dutton, and others.
Keiko joined the faculty of the Eastman Community Music School in
2009. She received her DMA from the Eastman School studying
primarily with Alan Harris. Previous teachers have included
Sam
Smith, Ross Harbaugh, and Katherine Scott, and she also studied with
Christoph Henkel and Ekkehard Weber at the Hochschule fur Musik in
Freiburg, Germany.
Born and raised in Boise, ID, Keiko began her cello studies at age 10.
She joined the Boise Philharmonic when she was 14. She makes
her
home in Rochester, NY, with her husband.
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