Kelly Hall-Tompkins (violin, conductor, director)
Kelly Hall-Tompkins is the winner of a Naumburg International Violin Competition Honorarium Prize, a Concert Artists Guild Career Grant, a Sphinx Medal of Excellence, and is featured in the Smithsonian Museum for African-American History. She is a trailblazing and innovative violin soloist entrepreneur who has been acclaimed by the New …
Efe Baltacıgil (cello)
‘[A] cellist of superb nuances and spontaneous musicality’ (The Seattle Times). Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony since fall 2011, Efe Baltacıgil was previously Associate Principal Cello of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 2003. Recent highlights include his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle, performing Bottesini’s Duo Concertante …
Olivia Chew (viola)
Olivia Chew, a native of Long Island, joined the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in 2020 after being a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for six seasons. Prior to that, she served as assistant principal viola in the Hudson Valley Philharmonic and was a member of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. An …
Andy Liang (violin)
A featured artist on NPR’s From the Top, violinist Andy Liang is currently in the First Violin Section of the Seattle Symphony. After making his solo debut with the Oregon Symphony at the age of 11, Andy had performed in Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and Jordan Hall by the …
Eduardo Rios (violin)
Winner of the 2015 Sphinx Competition, violinist Eduardo Rios is the Seattle Symphony’s First Assistant Concertmaster. Prior to the appointment, he was a Resident Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Eduardo began playing the violin at age ten and made his solo debut at …
