Violist Chih-Ta Chen hails from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and is the winner of the 2022 Chimei Arts Award and the 2018 Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award. A passionate chamber musician, Chen has performed at festivals including Music@Menlo, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Taos School of Music, Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, and the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival.
He studied at the Curtis Institute of Music as a Jean J. Sterne and Edwin B. Garrigues Fellow, working with Roberto Diaz, Hsin-Yun Huang, Ed Gazouleas, and Misha Amory. Prior to Curtis, he studied at the New England Conservatory and Tainan National University of the Arts with Mai Motobuchi, Yong-Zhan Chen, and I-Chen Wang.
Outside of music, Chen enjoys playing badminton and spending time with his two-year-old cat, Cheetah.
