Tzu-Shao Chao
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Tzu-Shao Chao was born on September 11, 2001 in Taiwan. He has studied cello since the age of 4. When he was 16 years old, he started studying at the Tainan University of the Arts with Prof. Limu Ya and he is currently a student of Prof. Maria Kliegel at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
In 2015, Tzu-Shao was a semifinalist of the 9th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Novosibirsk, Russia. He won the honorary mention of the International Casals Award for young cellists, and the Grand Prix of the Worldvision Music Contest in 2021 (national stage).
He performed at the Cello Akademie Rutesheim, Festival Academy Budapest, and the Mendelssohn Summer Academy, in recitals and also alongside orchestras such as the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra and the Hamburger Camerata.
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Member competition (linked): First Prize percussions 2016
Member competition (linked): First Prize percussions 2016
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