MuChen Hsieh, violin 

MuChen Hsieh, from Taiwan, joined the Houston Symphony as Principal Second Violin in 2017. Prior to her appointment at Houston Symphony, she has worked with conductors such as Thomas Ades, Charles Dutoit, Larry Rachleff, David Robertson, Joshua Weilerstein, and Hugh Wolff, among others. She studied with Kathleen Winkler, Malcolm Lowe, and Masuko Ushioda at Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and New England Conservatory of Music. 

MuChen performs regularly in the US and Taiwan. Most recently, she appeared as a soloist with the Houston Symphony in 2019, 2020, and 2022. As an avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with James Dunham, Cho-Liang Lin, Jon Kimura Parker, Gil Shaham, and Kathleen Winkler. When MuChen is home in Taiwan every summer, she enjoys playing chamber concerts with friends and coaching string orchestras.