Bion Yu-Ting Tsang was born on May 4,1967 and is an American cellist and professor.
17 Facts About Bion Tsang
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Bion Tsang was born in Lansing, Michigan to Chinese parents.
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When Tsang was 6 weeks old, his family moved to Poughkeepsie, New York, where his father started a 30-year career as an engineer at IBM.
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Bion Tsang began piano studies at age six and added cello a year later.
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Bion Tsang attended Harvard University for college, returning to Poughkeepsie on weekends to study cello with Luis Garcia-Renart.
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Bion Tsang received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard, where he was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship and graduated with honors in January 1989.
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Bion Tsang received a Master of Music degree from Yale in June 1991 and a Master of Musical Arts degree in June 1993.
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Bion Tsang met his wife, Amy Levine, a concert cellist and teacher, at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont.
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Amy and Bion Tsang have three children: Bailey, Henry and Maia.
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The oldest, Bailey Bion Tsang, moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in Visual Effects or VFX.
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Bion Tsang made his debut with conductor Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at age eleven performing the Boccherini Cello Concerto in Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center.
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Bion Tsang continues to perform internationally as concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and recording artist.
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Bion Tsang has been internationally recognized by a number of awards including an Avery Fisher Career Grant and a Bronze Medal in the International Tchaikovsky Competition.
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Bion Tsang is one of only 6 American cellists to have medaled at the International Tchaikovsky Competition since its inception in 1958.
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Bion Tsang has given a number of notable premieres including: the US premiere of the George Enescu Symphonie Concertante, the US premiere of Tan Dun Crouching Tiger Concerto for Cello Solo and Chamber Orchestra, and the Boston premiere of the Erich Wolfgang Korngold Cello Concerto.
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Bion Tsang is currently Head of the Division of Strings at the Butler School.
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Bion Tsang received the Texas Exes Teaching Award immediately after his first year of service at UT.