Noelle Lai, violin, Co-Winner Khuner Young Artist Concerto Competition 2025-26
January 2026 Concert Program Biography:
Fourteen-year-old violinist, Noelle Lai, is an eighth grader at the Crowden School. She studies violin with Eugene Chukhlov and Eric Chin. Since beginning violin at the age of three, Noelle has gained a wide range of experiences in the world of music, including giving solo recitals, leading orchestras as concertmaster, and numerous chamber music performances.
This season, Noelle will be performing “Winter” from Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires with the Crowden School Orchestra. She has performed in masterclasses for renowned violinists Midori and Chee-Yun Kim, presenting the last two movements of Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 as well as Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy. Last summer, she attended Center Stage Strings, where she studied with violinist Fabiola Kim and performed the final movement of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor.
In addition to her solo and orchestral work, Noelle is a passionate chamber musician. She loves exploring the chamber repertoire, from Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven to Shostakovich, Schumann, and Haydn. She has collaborated multiple times with Eric Chin and Jeremiah Shaw of the Telegraph Quartet, and has premiered new works including Capybaralogy by Gabriella Smith and Arches by Samuel Adams, performing the latter alongside violinists Nora Chastain and David McCarroll. She has also participated in chamber masterclasses with Randall Goosby and the Cavani Quartet.
Outside of music, Noelle enjoys photography, spending time with friends, baking, and playing with her dogs and cats.
