Simon Shiao 蕭世杰, Violinist

Dr. Simon Shiao is a versatile performer who holds the distinction of having performed at Carnegie Hall in three different capacities, as a recitalist and with both string quartet and orchestra.

Dr. Shiao has appeared around the world in concert, as well as on broadcasts of CNN’s Science and Technology program and on Public Radio’s Live on WGBH Radio. Highlights of his performances include concerts at the Museum of Oceanography in Monte Carlo, the U.S. Embassy in Vienna, the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum in Boston, and as soloist with the New World Symphony in Miami. He has also appeared at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, A Winter Festival in Jerusalem, and the Heidelberg Schloss Festspiele in Germany. As co-concertmaster of the New World Symphony, Dr. Shiao led that orchestra at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas and John Adams. Dr. Shiao currently performs with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and with the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra in Wyoming. At the University of North Florida he teaches violin and viola and is the Director of Orchestral Studies. He has adjudicated the Music Teachers’ National Association Young Artist Competitions and the UNF String Competition, and has presented lecture-recitals and master classes at numerous universities and conservatories in the U.S., Belize, Taiwan, and China. He is currently the chair of the solo competition for the Florida Chapter of the American String Teachers Association. Dr. Shiao holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and Master and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

 

蕭世杰生於花蓮，六歲開始學小提琴，十三歲通過教育部甄試以天才兒童身份來美國西雅圖進修。

在西雅圖上完高中後，蕭世杰前往紐約進入曼哈頓音樂學院取得學士學位，接著在紐約大學石溪分校取得碩士及博士學位。

蕭世杰有豐富的演奏經驗，除在西雅圖時加入當地青少年交響樂團擔任第二小提琴首席外，並曾應邀回台在國家音樂廳演奏，更在故鄉花蓮開過個人獨奏會，並與美籍鋼琴家賽大衛及韓奎做國台灣巡迴演出，九四年更在卡內基演奏廳演。目前在北佛羅里達大學教授音樂。

 

Source from 台灣公論報第1541期 1997/04

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