Schwob Violin Student to Perform in Carnegie Hall

May 7, 2014

Tsai

COLUMBUS, Ga. — Eric Tsai, a freshman in Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music, has taken first place in an international violin competition, making it possible for him to perform this summer at Carnegie Hall.

A student of Sergiu Schwartz, CSU’s William B. and Sue Marie Turner Distinguished Faculty Chair in Violin, Tsai won the First Prize Award of the recent 2014 New York International Artists Violin Competition, Category B .

Performers from 14 countries entered the rigorous piano, violin and cello competitions The winners will perform in concert on Saturday, June 7 and Saturday, June 28, both at Weill Recital Hall in New York City’s Carnegie Hall.

Tsai, the son of Jason and Fang Tsai of Homewood, Ala., will perform in the June 28 concert.

He’s also the recent winner of the senior violin division of the Music Teachers National Association competition and the 2014 Alabama Symphony Volunteer Council’s Lois Pickard Scholarship Competition. In 2013, he won the 2013 Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition.

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