Solomon Liang

Violin

The Laurie & Thomas W. Hill Chair

Violinist Solomon Liang joined ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in 2019. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Solomon currently resides in Columbus, Ohio and enjoys a musical career as an orchestral and chamber musician, and an IT career as a software engineer at OCLC in Dublin.

In addition to ProMusica, Solomon has performed with many major orchestras in the U.S., including The Cleveland Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra. He recently went on tours with The Cleveland Orchestra for their European Festivals, Carnegie Hall and Miami Residency, and was a part of award-winning albums recorded with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He was the former principal second violinist of the Canton Symphony for 9 years and has served as concertmaster of Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra in Salzburg Festival.

Solomon has performed in many chamber music festivals such as Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Banff Centre, Robert Mann String Quartet Institute, Perlman Music Program and Caroga Lake Music Festival. His quartets held residencies at Banff International String Quartet Competition and Interlochen Summer Arts Academy, where they presented concerts and served as faculty members. He has studied with renowned ensembles such as Emerson, Brentano, Tokyo, Cleveland, Artis and American Quartets. As a soloist, Solomon has been featured with Holland Symphony, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Canton Symphony and Earth and Air String Ensemble, where his performance of Mendelssohn’s Double Concerto was described by ClevelandClassical.com as “musical sophistication that many musicians can only hope to achieve.”

Solomon was awarded Dr. Bennett Levine Memorial Award in Chamber Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he also earned his Artist Diploma in Violin Performance. He received his B.M from California State University, Long Beach, and M.M from Yale School of Music. Solomon’s principal teachers included Stephen Rose, Syoko Aki, Linda Rose, Peter Salaff and the Cavani String Quartet.

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