Kate is a 15 year old violinist and pianist. She has been playing the violin since age 4 and the piano since age 6. She currently studies under Chen Zhao and Boxianzi Vivian Ling for violin as a student of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music pre-college division. Kate has received awards for numerous violin and piano competitions and has performed in venues including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, Bing Concert Hall in Stanford University, and Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center in NYC. She has played in a masterclass with composer Jessie Montgomery and has been invited to perform internationally.
For violin, she has previously won 1st prize for the East Coast International Music Competition, VIVO International Music Competition, Elite International Music Competition, Prima Volta Music Competition, New York Artists International Music Competition, US International Open Music Competition, Charleston International Music Competition, Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition with an invitation to perform in Salzburg, and the Vienna Virtuoso Music Competition with the Judge's Best Performance Award and an invitation to perform in Berlin, where she was awarded the Best Performance Award of the evening within the Gala concert. For piano, Kate has received awards from competitions of the Piano Teachers Society of America and the Glory International Music Competition, and was awarded for both instruments in multiple competitions from the Great Composers Competition Series.
Kate performed as the concertmaster of the CMEA Bay Section Winter Conference 2023 Honors Orchestra. She has also performed in the 2023 CASMEC All-State Junior High String Orchestra, the 2023 CODA December Honors Symphony Orchestra, and the 2024 CASMEC All-State High School Symphony Orchestra. In the summer of 2023, she performed in Idyllwild Art Academy's Chamber Music Intensive, and in the coming summer of 2024, she will be attending Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra.