In den frühen zwanziger Jahren seines Lebens wurde Hsins Karriere als Geiger aufgrund einer Handverletzung durch einen Unfall unterbrochen. Diese Verletzung ist seither allmählich verheilt, aber in den vielen Jahren ohne Geige widmete sich Hsin aktiv dem Dirigieren. Er studierte Orchesterdirigieren an der Juilliard School bei Otto Werner Mueller sowie bei Samuel Jones an der Rice University in Houston und war Schüler des legendären Charles Bruck an der Monteux School for Conductors. Herr Hsin war viele Jahre Musikdirektor der South Shore Symphony in Long Island, New York. Als Operndirigent leitete Herr Hsin Produktionen von „Aida“ und „Fliegender Holländer“ am Nationaltheater in Taipeh sowie „La Boheme“ und „Un Ballo In Maschera“ an der Schlesischen Staatsoper in der Tschechischen Republik. Außerdem dirigierte er mehrere Aufführungen mit dem Prometheus Chamber Orchestra sowie dem Curtis Institute of Music Chamber Orchestra am Taipei Theatre in New York City. Herr Hsin war Gastdirigent des National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan und des Taipei Symphony Orchestra und leitete das Taipei New Arts Chamber Orchestra, des OK Mozart Festival Orchestra, das Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, das Roanoke Symphony Orchestra und der New Amsterdam Symphony in Aufführungen, die ihn als Dirigent und Geigensolist sahen.
Nachdem Herr Hsin 1994 eine Stelle für erste Violine am Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York gewonnen hatte, hat er weit über hundert Opern aufgeführt. Erst nach 24 Dienstjahren zog sich Herr Hsin von der Met zurück. Darüberhinaus ist er weiterhin als Violinsolist und Dirigent aktiv. Herr Hsin arbeitet auch mit seiner Pianistinschwester Hsing-Chwen Hsin bei Konzerten in ganz Taiwan zusammen, wo sie auch eine Reihe von Aufnahmeprojekten als Duo-Team starteten. Ferner unterrichtet er Violine am Talis chamber music festival in der Schweiz. In diesem Jahr wurde Herr Hsin als Dozent für Violine an die renommierte Mannes School of Music berufen.
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Ming-Feng Hsin, Violinist/ Conductor began his violin studies at the age of six in Taiwan. At age twelve he was invited to attend the Hong Kong Music Festival where Yehudi Menuhin heard him, and brought him to England to study with him in his school. Mr. Hsin’s solo career began when he won the Glasgow International Violin Competition at the age of fifteen. He subsequently performed with the Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Orchestra to rave reviews (hailed by the Scotsman as “destined to be one of the giants of the next generation.”) and made his
In his early twenties, Mr. Hsin’s career as a violinist was interrupted due to a hand injury from an accident. This injury has since gradually healed, but in the many years away from the violin, Mr. Hsin pursued conducting actively. He studied at the Juilliard School with Otto Werner Mueller in orchestral conducting as well as with Samuel Jones at Rice University in Houston, and was a student of legendary Charles Bruck at the Monteux School for Conductors. Mr. Hsin was the Music Director of the South Shore Symphony in Long Island, New York for many years. As an opera conductor, Mr. Hsin’s has led productions of Aida and Flying Dutchman at the National Theater in Taipei, and La Boheme and Un Ballo In Maschera with the Silesian State Opera in the Czech Republic. He also conducted several performances with the Prometheus Chamber Orchestra as well as the Curtis Institute of Music Chamber Orchestra at the Taipei Theater in New York City. Mr. Hsin had been a guest conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan and the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, and has led Taipei New Arts Chamber Orchestra, OK Mozart Festival Orchestra, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and New Amsterdam Symphony in performances that featured him as both conductor and violin soloist.
After winning a first violin position at the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York in 1994, Mr. Hsin has performed well over a hundred operas. He has also maintained active side careers as both violin soloist and conductor. Mr. Hsin also collaborates with his pianist sister Hsing-Chwen Hsin in recitals throughout Taiwan, where they also embarked on a series of recording projects as a duo team. He is also on the violin faculty at the Talis chamber music festival and academy in Switzerland. After 24 years of service, Mr. Hsin retired from the Met. 2021 he joins the distinguished violin faculty of the Mannes School of Music.