Philip Morris Huang is a Polish-German- Taiwanese violinist. Born to a musician
and music lover household, Huang has been exposed to classical music from a
very young age. He discovered his passion especially for the violin at the age
of six and has been performing as well as participating at different
competitions later on.
At "The Muse" International
Competition in 2019, he won two first
prizes in the solo and chamber music
categories respectively. In 2021, he
received second prize at the “North
International Music Competition” and
the Grand Prize at the international
“Music Competition Online”. During his
school years, Philip Huang was awarded
with multiple national prizes at the
"Jugend Musiziert" competition.
At the age of eight, he became a
student of Prof. Jörg Hofmann at the
Musikhochschule Freiburg. At the age
of 14, he was accepted into the
Freiburg Academy for the Promotion of Gifted Young Musicians, where he studied
with Prof. Gottfried von der Goltz. Besides, Huang attended a number of master
classes held by various internationally renowned professors such as Zakhar
Bron, Ingolf Turban, Latica Honda-Rosenberg and Yair Kless.
Philip Huang’s bachelor’s education with Prof. Anke Dill at the Staatliche
Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany began in
2014, in which he graduated with distinction in 2018 and further pursued a
master's degree. During his studies, the "Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now" joint-
scholarship was given to Huang and his guitarist duet partner, Niels Pfeffer.
Moreover, a violin built by Nicolas Lupot from 1816 was lent to Philip Huang as
part of the support programme for gifted talents of the State Collection of
String Instruments of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Huang recently finished the "Master Specialized Performance Soloist" degree at
the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) in Zurich, Switzerland with Tonhalle
Zurich’s first concert master, Prof. Andreas Janke.
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