Taiwanese-Canadian violinist Joseph Tsao is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University under the tutelage of Professor Andrew Wan, concertmaster of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
A recipient of the prestigious Ethel Jamieson Ivey Scholarship, he recently served as Concertmaster of the McGill Symphony Orchestra in a performance at Maison Symphonique and was a finalist in the 2024–25 McGill Concerto Competition and Chamber Music Competition.
Joseph has participated in the Aspen Music Festival, the Encore Chamber Music Festival, and Orford Music, where he has had numerous opportunities to work with distinguished artists such as Jinjoo Cho, Paul Kantor, and Kathleen Winkler.
Eason Hu, twelve-year-old, started playing piano at the age of six under Coral Solomon-Berkovsky and started piano lessons with Dr. Michael Berkovsky at age of nine. By the age of ten, Eason was accepted into Taylor Academy. He earned the First Place Award for Piano Concerto at OMFA Provincial Finals 2023 and 2024. He is one of the finalists in the junior division of 6th Canadian Chopin Piano Competition in 2025.
Eason started learning violin at the age of seven with Jing Ye. He was the second-place winner of CMC in both 2022 and 2023. In 2024, Eason began studying violin with Marie Bérard and Jonathan Crow at Taylor Academy. He has also been accepted as a violinist in the TSYO for the 2024/25 season.
