Jiayi Chen

Jiayi Chen, born in 1996, won first prize in the 10th Chinese Golden Bell Awards for Music Violin Competition, along with the Chinese Composition Performance Award. She also earned third prize in the 7th Yampolsky International Violin Competition and fourth prize in the 2nd Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition.

From 2017 to 2021, Jiayi served as the associate principal of second violin in the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. She completed her bachelor's and master's degrees at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Lina Yu. Currently, she is pursuing violin studies with Ulf Wallin at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin and chamber music studies with Johannes Meissl and Avedis Kouyoumdjian at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She won the 2nd prize at the Princess Astrid International Music Competition in Trondheim in 2024.