Eric Chen is a junior at Marquette High School in St. Louis, Missouri. Eric began learning violin at the age of six, and is currently a student of Pavel Ilyashov.
Eric made his solo debut at age 12, playing Henryk Wieniawski Violin Concerto No.2 in D Minor with Belleville Philharmonic Orchestra. Eric is a 2025 National YoungArts award winner and scholar. He is a four-times winner of Missouri MTNA Strings competition 2021-2024. He competed in the national finals of the MTNA Junior Strings competition after winning the Missouri and West Central division in 2021. Eric’s chamber group won audience prize in 2025 Saint Paul String Quartet National Competition.
Violin Concerto in D minor, I. Allegro con fermezza, Aram Khachaturian, 11:51
Carmen Fantasy, Pablo de Sarasate, 7:48
