A native of Taiwan, Dr. Yu-Fang Chen is currently serving as Associate Professor of Violin at Ball State University. She received her Doctoral of Musical Arts degrees on both violin and viola performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 2013, under the tutelage of Benny Kim and Scott Lee. As a sought-after performer and pedagogue, Chen has been invited to teach and perform at various music institutions and festivals, including the Sunflower Music Festival and the Heartland Chamber Music Festival in U.S.A, the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Italy, and Thailand International Composition Festival in Salaya, Thailand, etc.
Chen has won many awards and competitions and her career as a performing artist is extensive. Her international performing career has taken her to more than fifteen countries on five continents, and she continues to perform as a guest musician internationally with various concert artists, chamber ensembles, and orchestras. She has worked with renowned soloists and conductors, such as Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Christoph von Dohnanyi, and Seiji Ozawa, just to name a few.
Chen served as an Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas from 2015-2017. She was a member of the Indianapolis Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of Taiwan Strings.
As an enthusiastic performer of contemporary music, Chen has commissioned, premiered, and recorded many compositions by living composers. Her recordings can be found in Albany Records、Ablaze Records、RMA Classical、Navora Records、New Focus Recordings, and Parma Recordings, etc.
旅美小提琴家陳玉芳，年幼時便展現其音樂天賦、先後畢業於秀山國小、仁愛國中、中正高中。2005年從國立台北藝術大學取得學、碩士學位後，獲研究生獎助學金赴美國密蘇里大學堪薩斯分校攻讀博士，並於2013年取得小、中提琴雙博士學位。她曾師事謝宜璇、陳任遠、李淑德、譚正、吳孟平、蘇顯達、 Benny Kim 、Jackie Lee、及Scott Lee 教授。並接受許多小、中提琴名家之指導，包括 Joseph Silverstein、Lukas David、Tanya Grindaenko、Ida Kavafian、Ivan Chan、Anne Akiko Meyers、Donald McInnes、 Brian Chen、Nathan Cole、Erin Keefe等。
陳氏在在學期間曾多次贏得比賽以及獎助學金的肯定。她曾於2001年贏得紀念戴粹倫教授小提琴比賽首獎和行天宮菁英獎第二名，以及2002年台灣弦樂團第三屆小提琴比賽成人組第二名。留學期間亦多次贏得比賽及獎學金的首獎，包括Mary Colglazier Memorial Violin Competition、Naftzger Young Artists Competition (器樂組) 、Kansas City Musical Club獎學金 、Mu Phi Epsilon 獎學金、Jean Louise Martin獎學金、Concerto Competition of The Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City、University of Missouri Kansas City Concerto and Aria Competition等。此外，她經常受邀與樂團演出協奏曲，且至許多國際音樂節擔任駐節藝術家。先後曾與UMKC Symphony Orchestra、Kansas City Civic Orchestra、The Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City、Washburn University Symphony Orchestra、Kansas City Medical Arts Symphony以及 Ball State University Symphony Orchestra等樂團合作演出，並於Thailand International New Music Festival、Sunflower Music Festival 、Ball State University Festival of New Music等音樂節擔任駐節藝術家。
除了常態性的獨奏以及室內樂的演出，陳氏亦有十分豐富的樂團演出經驗。她曾經與台灣省立交響樂團附屬青少年管弦樂團於台灣、東南亞、非洲等地巡迴演出，並與台北愛樂管弦樂團多次赴歐洲演出。她曾擔任愚韻交響樂團首席，並受邀於Kansas City Ballet、Kinnor Philharmonic Orchestra、St. Joseph Symphony Orchestra、Carmel Symphony Orchestra、Muncie Symphony Orchestra等樂團擔任客席樂團首席或聲部首席。她先後曾任職於台灣弦樂團、Wisconsin Chamber Music Orchestra、Des Moines Symphony Orchestra、Kansas City Symphony Orchestra、以及Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra。
除了古典音樂之外，陳玉芳近年來也致力於現代音樂的推廣與演奏，目前已有多位作曲家為她提獻小、中提琴獨奏及室內樂曲，必且由她擔任世界首演，包含有Marilyn Shrude、James Mobberley、 Mikel Kuehn、Amelia Kaplan、Kee Yong Chong、葉樹堅 Stephen Yip、彭振町 Pang Chun-ting、陳展霆 Chin Ting Chan、陳立立等作曲家。其中有多首曲目已由Albany Records、Ablaze Records、RMA Classical、Navora Records、New Focus Recordings 以及Parma Recordings等收錄發行。
除了活躍的演出行程之外，陳氏更加致力於音樂教育與教學。她曾於堪薩斯州Washburn University華盛本大學擔任小、中提琴助理教授，並且經常受邀前往大學、音樂院、以及音樂營客席，給予講座或大師班，包含東吳大學、東海大學、台北市立教育大學、Mahidol College of Music、University of Tennessee、University of Northern Iowa、Bowling Green State University、 InterHarmony Music Festival、Heartland Chamber Music Festival、East Tennessee State University Chamber Music Festival、臺北市立大學貝多芬誕辰250週年國際⾳樂節–Let's Go Beethoven!等。
陳玉芳現為Ball State University鮑爾州立大學小提琴助理教授。
Chen has won many awards and competitions and her career as a performing artist is extensive. Her international performing career has taken her to more than fifteen countries on five continents, and she continues to perform as a guest musician internationally with various concert artists, chamber ensembles, and orchestras. She has worked with renowned soloists and conductors, such as Pinchas Zukerman, Yefim Bronfman, Christoph von Dohnanyi, and Seiji Ozawa, just to name a few.
Chen served as an Assistant Professor of Violin and Viola at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas from 2015-2017. She was a member of the Indianapolis Symphony, the Kansas City Symphony, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra and the Academy of Taiwan Strings.
As an enthusiastic performer of contemporary music, Chen has commissioned, premiered, and recorded many compositions by living composers. Her recordings can be found in Albany Records、Ablaze Records、RMA Classical、Navora Records、New Focus Recordings, and Parma Recordings, etc.
旅美小提琴家陳玉芳，年幼時便展現其音樂天賦、先後畢業於秀山國小、仁愛國中、中正高中。2005年從國立台北藝術大學取得學、碩士學位後，獲研究生獎助學金赴美國密蘇里大學堪薩斯分校攻讀博士，並於2013年取得小、中提琴雙博士學位。她曾師事謝宜璇、陳任遠、李淑德、譚正、吳孟平、蘇顯達、 Benny Kim 、Jackie Lee、及Scott Lee 教授。並接受許多小、中提琴名家之指導，包括 Joseph Silverstein、Lukas David、Tanya Grindaenko、Ida Kavafian、Ivan Chan、Anne Akiko Meyers、Donald McInnes、 Brian Chen、Nathan Cole、Erin Keefe等。
陳氏在在學期間曾多次贏得比賽以及獎助學金的肯定。她曾於2001年贏得紀念戴粹倫教授小提琴比賽首獎和行天宮菁英獎第二名，以及2002年台灣弦樂團第三屆小提琴比賽成人組第二名。留學期間亦多次贏得比賽及獎學金的首獎，包括Mary Colglazier Memorial Violin Competition、Naftzger Young Artists Competition (器樂組) 、Kansas City Musical Club獎學金 、Mu Phi Epsilon 獎學金、Jean Louise Martin獎學金、Concerto Competition of The Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City、University of Missouri Kansas City Concerto and Aria Competition等。此外，她經常受邀與樂團演出協奏曲，且至許多國際音樂節擔任駐節藝術家。先後曾與UMKC Symphony Orchestra、Kansas City Civic Orchestra、The Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City、Washburn University Symphony Orchestra、Kansas City Medical Arts Symphony以及 Ball State University Symphony Orchestra等樂團合作演出，並於Thailand International New Music Festival、Sunflower Music Festival 、Ball State University Festival of New Music等音樂節擔任駐節藝術家。
除了常態性的獨奏以及室內樂的演出，陳氏亦有十分豐富的樂團演出經驗。她曾經與台灣省立交響樂團附屬青少年管弦樂團於台灣、東南亞、非洲等地巡迴演出，並與台北愛樂管弦樂團多次赴歐洲演出。她曾擔任愚韻交響樂團首席，並受邀於Kansas City Ballet、Kinnor Philharmonic Orchestra、St. Joseph Symphony Orchestra、Carmel Symphony Orchestra、Muncie Symphony Orchestra等樂團擔任客席樂團首席或聲部首席。她先後曾任職於台灣弦樂團、Wisconsin Chamber Music Orchestra、Des Moines Symphony Orchestra、Kansas City Symphony Orchestra、以及Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra。
除了古典音樂之外，陳玉芳近年來也致力於現代音樂的推廣與演奏，目前已有多位作曲家為她提獻小、中提琴獨奏及室內樂曲，必且由她擔任世界首演，包含有Marilyn Shrude、James Mobberley、 Mikel Kuehn、Amelia Kaplan、Kee Yong Chong、葉樹堅 Stephen Yip、彭振町 Pang Chun-ting、陳展霆 Chin Ting Chan、陳立立等作曲家。其中有多首曲目已由Albany Records、Ablaze Records、RMA Classical、Navora Records、New Focus Recordings 以及Parma Recordings等收錄發行。
除了活躍的演出行程之外，陳氏更加致力於音樂教育與教學。她曾於堪薩斯州Washburn University華盛本大學擔任小、中提琴助理教授，並且經常受邀前往大學、音樂院、以及音樂營客席，給予講座或大師班，包含東吳大學、東海大學、台北市立教育大學、Mahidol College of Music、University of Tennessee、University of Northern Iowa、Bowling Green State University、 InterHarmony Music Festival、Heartland Chamber Music Festival、East Tennessee State University Chamber Music Festival、臺北市立大學貝多芬誕辰250週年國際⾳樂節–Let's Go Beethoven!等。
陳玉芳現為Ball State University鮑爾州立大學小提琴助理教授。
