Violinist Alina Ming Kobialka joined the New York Philharmonic in 2022. Since makin her solo debut at age 14 with the San Francisco Symphony, she has since performed with various American orchestras, including the Las Vegas Philharmonic, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, and California Symphony. In 2015 she made her Asian performance debut with the Macau Youth Symphony on its New Year’s concert. In 2016 she toured Japan with the Kagawa International Youth Orchestra, and in 2017 performed in the Shanghai International Arts Festival gala concert. Kobialka was awarded Second Prize at the 2017 Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition; was named a Laureate of the 2016 Irving M. Klein International Competition; and received the Grand Prize at the Mondavi Center National Young Artists Competition. An avid chamber musician, she has been an artist at the Marlboro Music Festival, where she performed with pianist Mitsuko Uchida. Alina Ming Kobialka studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s preparatory program and the Colburn School’s Music Academy. She received her master’s degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
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