Cellist Jeremy Tai has been recognized as an emerging artist of fierce energy, musical sincerity, and dynamic colors. At 24 years of age, he has already appeared with the Utah Symphony, the Santa Cruz Symphony, the Peninsula Symphony, Symphony Parnassus in San Francisco, and the Palo Alto Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Tai has played for esteemed musicians and groups such as Emmanuel Ax, Lynn Harrell, Joseph Silverstein, Tamás Varga, Jian Wang, Zuill Bailey, Mark Kosower, Dover Quartet, Borromeo String Quartet, Israeli Chamber Project, Henschel String Quartet, Lee Trio, and Horszowski Trio. The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Mr. Tai is the first prize winner of the Klein International String Competition, Music Teachers National Association National Strings Competition, Mondavi Center National Young Artists Competition, American Fine Arts Festival International Concerto Competition, and Music Teachers’ Association of California VOCE State Competition. Raised in Cupertino, California, Mr. Tai received his BM as a full scholarship recipient from the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, and studies with Hans Jorgen Jensen. Additional studies have included full scholarship to the Aspen Music Summer Festival with Richard Aaron and Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt and full scholarship to the Meadowmount School of Music with Jonathan Koh and Hans Jensen.