Zoe Weng is a Taiwanese-American violinist and is currently a sophomore at Concord Academy. She has been playing violin since age nine and is presently studying with Klaudia Szlachta. Zoe is a member of several ensembles, including the Boston Youth Symphony of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO), the Boston Ballet Next Generation Orchestra, the Rivers Conservatory ChamberMusicLab program, and Concord Academy’s chamber music and orchestra program. Growing from her passion for chamber and orchestral playing, Zoe is the first violinist of both a piano quartet and a string trio and she has also served as concertmaster in BYSO for three consecutive years. A few of Zoe’s honors include winning First Prize at the Rivers Conservatory Concerto Competition, leading to a solo appearance with the Rivers Symphony Orchestra; receiving a Gold Medal at the Quebec International Music Competition; and being selected to perform with the Massachusetts All-State Orchestra. During the summers, she has been invited to the LA Philharmonic YOLA National Festival under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, and she has also attended the Walnut Hill School For the Arts String Quartet Intensive and BYSO’s ChamberFest as the first violinist in the full-scholarship Ensemble In Residence program, working with the Arneis Quartet. Beyond music, Zoe is passionate about poetry, neuropsychology, and exploring how musical training impacts the brain.