Leta Chin

Leta Chin was born in California to a musical family. She began learning the violin with her mother when she was 3. Ms. Chin made her solo debut with the orchestra when she was 14 and was interviewed and asked to perform on Seattle’s Classical King FM. She also received a scholarship from The Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation. In 2012, she won the first prize in the Carnegie Mellon Baroque Concerto Competition and the Young Artist Competition hosted by Taiwan’s Classical Music Association. Ms.Chin has also won the Pittsburgh Concert Society competition and was also selected to participate at the Oleh Krysa International Violin Competition and the Aram Khachaturian International Competition. 

Leta Chin has studied with Nancy Tsung, Margaret Pressley, Ilkka Talvi, Curtis Macomber, Grigory Kalinovsky and Cyrus Forough. She received her Bachelor of Music Degree from Manhattan School of Music and her Master of Music Degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She has given solo recitals and performances around the U.S. and also in Armenia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Oman, Taiwan and Ukraine.

Ms. Chin is currently based in Taiwan.