Frank Huang joined the New York Philharmonic as Concertmaster, The Charles E. Culpeper Chair, in September 2015. The First Prize Winner of the 2003 Walter W. Naumburg Foundation’s Violin Competition and the 2000 Hannover International Violin Competition, he has established a major career as a violin virtuoso. Since performing with the Houston Symphony in a nationally broadcast concert at the age of 11 he has appeared with orchestras throughout the world including The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of Hannover, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, and the Genoa Orchestra. He has also performed on NPR’s Performance Today, ABC’s Good Morning America, and CNN’s American Morning with Paula Zahn. He has performed at Wigmore Hall (in London), Salle Cortot (Paris), Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), and Herbst Theatre (San Francisco), as well as a second recital in Alice Tully Hall (New York), which featured the World Premiere of Donald Martino’s Sonata for Solo Violin. Following more than 25 additional solo appearances with the Orchestra, in May 2022 he performs Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish, conducted by Music Director Jaap van Zweden.

Huang has had great success in competitions since the age of 15 and received top prizes in the Premio Paganini International Violin Competition and the Indianapolis International Violin Competition. Other honors include Gold Medal Awards in the Kingsville, Irving M. Klein, and D’Angelo international competitions. His first commercial recording — featuring fantasies by Schubert, Ernst, Schoenberg, and Waxman — was released on Naxos in 2003.

In addition to his solo career, Frank Huang is deeply committed to chamber music. He is a member of the New York Philharmonic String Quartet, established in the 2016–17 season, and has performed at the Marlboro Music Festival, Ravinia’s Steans Institute, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and Caramoor. He frequently participates in Musicians from Marlboro’s tours, and was selected by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to be a member of the prestigious CMS Two program. Before joining the Houston Symphony as concertmaster in 2010, he served as first violinist of the Grammy Award–winning Ying Quartet and was a faculty member at the Eastman School of Music.

Frank Huang was born in Beijing, China. At the age of seven he moved to Houston, Texas, where he began violin lessons with his mother. He commenced study with Fredell Lack at the University of Houston and at 16 he enrolled in the pre-college program at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) where he studied with Donald Weilerstein. He continued studies with Weilerstein in college and earned his bachelor of music degree from CIM in 2002. He subsequently attended The Juilliard School in New York City, studying violin with Robert Mann. He is an alumnus of the Music Academy of the West. He served on the faculties of The Shepherd School of Music at Rice and the University of Houston, and currently serves on the faculty of The Juilliard School.

Hong Kong-native Andrew Ling is a concert violist and violinist, conductor, and music educator. Currently Principal Violist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil), Andrew has garnered acclaim for his orchestral playing and solo recitals worldwide. His appearances as concert soloist have included the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and the China Film Orchestra. 

A versatile and an all-round musician, Andrew has brought his musicianship to conducting engagements with the HK Phil, the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra, Kunming Nie Er Symphony Orchestra and Finland’s Seinäjoki City Orchestra and Kuopio Symphony Orchestra. Handpicked to conduct the HK Phil in rehearsal for Christoph Eschenbach and the late Lorin Maazel, he has worked alongside some of the world’s foremost conductors, including Jaap van Zweden, Edo de Waart, Jun Märkl, and Leonard Slatkin. Ling was the finalist of the Besançon International Conducting Competition 2017.

Andrew’s journey with music began at six, where he studied violin with the late Professor Lin Yaoji at the Central Conservatory of music, Beijing. He went on to pursue Violin Performance at Indiana University under Henryk Kowalski, Mauricio Fuks, Alan de Veritch and the late Ik-hwan Bae, and was a protégé of Cho-Liang Lin at Rice University.

 A successful musician and a much sought-after art educator, upon his return to Hong Kong, Andrew remains active in the classical music scene. He is often seen playing solo, chamber and conducting. After returning to Hong Kong, Andrew continued his career as a concert musician and conductor. He has played with many renowned musicians including Yu-Ja Wang, Cho-Liang Lin, Jaime Laredo, Ning Feng, Michael Guttman and The Shanghai Quartet etc.

Outside the concert hall, Andrew is passionate about cultivating the next generation of musicians. He holds teaching positions at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University and Hong Kong Chinese University, and has also served as director of The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellowship Scheme. 

Andrew is the recipient of Certificate of Commendation from Secretary of Home Affairs of Hong Kong in 2012.

Andrew plays on a violin and viola made by Gaetano Sgarabotto.

Korean-born cellist Nayoung Baek, a laureate of the Philadelphia Orchestra Greenfield Competition, made her American debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2000. Since then, she has established herself as a sought-after soloist, performing with esteemed ensembles such as the New Jersey Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, DuPage Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic, and the Korean Chamber Ensemble. Her performances have taken her to renowned venues including the Academy House in Philadelphia and the Rheingau Musik Festival in Frankfurt. Recent highlights include Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the Ulsan Symphony Orchestra, Wonju Philharmonic, and Greenwich Village Orchestra, as well as Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Macau- Hong Kong-Taipei Symphony Orchestra in Macau.

At 15, Baek made history as the youngest winner of the prestigious Choong Ang Times Competition in Korea and received the Virtuoso Prize at the inaugural Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Moscow. She has earned numerous accolades, including top prizes at the Gyeongnam International Competition (in memory of Isang Yun), first prize at the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Competition, and the Holland- America Music Society Competition. Baek’s recital engagements include a debut at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, presented by the Korea Music Society, and a performance for the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago.

An avid chamber musician, Baek has participated in world-renowned festivals such as the Marlboro Music Festival, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Casals Festival in Prades, Aspen Music Festival, and the Isaac Stern Seminar in Israel. She has performed at major venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Salle Gaveau in Paris, and Cadogan Hall in London, and has been featured on NPR’s Performance Today. Baek has toured twice with Musicians from Marlboro, performing Mendelssohn’s Octet and Janáček’s String Quartet.

Baek is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Orlando Cole. She earned her master’s degree at Yale University and an Artist Diploma at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Aldo Parisot, who honored her with the Aldo Parisot Prize upon graduation. She completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Stony Brook University, studying with Colin Carr.