Stella Chen

The recipient of a 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant, American violinist Stella Chen has been lauded for her “phenomenal maturity” and “fresh and spontaneous, yet emotionally profound and intellectually well-structured performance” (The Jerusalem Post). She is the grand prize winner of the 2019 International Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition and the youngest ever winner of the Menuhin Competition.

Recent solo appearances include numerous orchestras including the Belgian National Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Luxembourg Philharmonia, and London Chamber Orchestra. Stella has appeared at chamber music festivals including Music@Menlo, Sarasota Music Festival, and YellowBarn, and has collaborated with such notable artists as Itzhak Perlman, Robert Levin, and the Silk Road Ensemble.

A graduate of the Harvard/New England Conservatory Dual Degree Program, Stella received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology with honors from Harvard University and an MM from NEC. She plays the ‘Huggins’ 1708 Stradivarius violin, on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.