The violinist Shien-ta Su's steady and yet melodious timbre gave the Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto a simply pleasant interpretation with leisure and grace. - Los Angeles Times, 1991
Woven by melodies both complete and complex, his performance was not only exciting and enchanting, but also interpreted the masterpieces flawlessly. - Kelowna Daily Courier, 1991
With the pure, vacillating, magnificent and touching music he’s able to produce, especially the variations of trill and his full control of I, Shien-ta Su’s the best violinist I have ever heard of. - Taiwan “Music Monthly” Issue 137, 1994
The Romance collects some of the dazzling tricks of 19th-century showpieces but without the tunes to back them up. It's a pretty clunky affair, but Shien-Ta Su played it handsomely. – Boston Globe, October 10, 1995
Listening to Shien-ta Su’s, I can tell his mastery of violin matures more and more with each performance. Though he is not a frontline violinist in the world, as someone who interprets Taiwanese Classical Music, he definitely comes before other frontline performers. His music is always performed with passion, the movement of the melodies has breadth and his skills are sharp. It is accurate to say that each of his melody is depicted with diversity and mastery. - Taiwan “Music Monthly” Issue 160, 2002
The lead violinist Shien-ta Su's performance was pliant and quite capable of solo that conveys the blooming feelings of music, the accuracy of his consummate touch was beyond amazing. - Svenska Dagbladet, 2007
Shien-Ta SU, geboren 1957 in Tainan, Taiwan, ist Geiger und Musikpädagoge. Er lernte Geige bei den Meistern Henryk Szeryng und Gérard Poulet während seines Studiums an der École Normale de Musique de Paris und erhielt sein Konzertdiplom als Geiger und Kammermusiksolist. 1995 wurde er mit dem „Ten Most Distinguished Youth Award“ (Taiwan) ausgezeichnet. 1999 erhielt das Album „Tyzen Hsiao’s Violin Works“, in dem Su mitwirkte, den „Best Classical Record Award“ bei den Golden Melody Awards. Im Jahr 2002 wurde er mit seinem Album „Classical Taiwan Rhythms“ zu „Best Performer“ bei den Golden Melody Awards ausgezeichnet. 2016 war er Preisträger der Wu San-Lian Arts Award. Dies war das erste Mal, dass dieser prestigeträchtige Kunstpreis Taiwans an einen darstellenden Musiker verliehen wurde.
Shien-Ta Su widmet sich seit langem der musikalischen Erziehung und betreibt gleichzeitig eine aktive Karriere als Interpreter. Derzeit ist er Dekan der Musikfakultät der Taipei National University of the Arts und Konzertmeister des Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra. Seit 1996 moderiert er als Programmmoderator eine Radiosendung mit dem Titel „The Enchanted World of Violin“. Diese Sendung hat in den letzten zwanzig Jahren an Prestige und großem Ruf gewonnen.
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Shien-Ta SU, born in 1957 in Shanhua, Tainan, is a violinist and music educator. Su learned the violin from maestros Henryk Szeryng and Gérard Poulet studied and got his performer diploma for violinists and chamber music soloists from ÉCOLE NORMALE DE MUSIQUE DE PARIS. He received the “Ten Most Distinguished Youth Award” in 1995. In 1999, the album “Tyzen Hsiao’s Violin Works” in which Su performed, received the “Best Classical Record award” at the Golden Melody Awards. In 2002, his album “Classical Taiwan Rhythms” received the “Best Performer” award at the Golden Melody Awards. He received the Wu San Lian Art Award which was the first time this prestigious Art Award being awarded to a performing musician.
Su Shien-Ta has for long dedicated to musical education while keeping an active performing career. He is currently the Dean of the School of Music of Taipei National University of the Arts, and the concertmaster of the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra. He started to host a radio program called “The Enchanted World of Violin” as a program presenter since 1996, this program has gained prestige and profound reputation in the past twenty years.