Timeline

1992

Graduated from the Eastman School of Music and began a two-year residency in Jesup, Iowa, under a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Top prizewinner in the Banff International String Quartet Competition.

1993

Winner of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award.

1997

Appointed Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the Eastman School of Music.

2003

Grammy nomination for Best Chamber Music Performance for appearing on “Golijov:Yiddishbuk” (EMI)

2005

Winner of a Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album for “4+Four” (Telarc) with the Turtle Island String Quartet.

2007

Grammy nomination for Best Chamber Music Performance for “Tchaikovsky: Three String Quartets and the Souvenir de Florence” (Telarc).

2010

Ayano Ninomiya joins the Ying Quartet as first violin.

Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for “Autumn: In Moving Pictures Jazz-Chamber Music Vol. 2”(ArtistShare), a collaboration with Billy Childs and the Chamber Jazz Ensemble.

2015

Robin Scott joins the Ying Quartet as first violin.