Michelle Liu
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Associate Orchestra Concerto Competition Winner
Michelle Liu, 13, is in the graduating class of 2027 at Basis Independent Silicon Valley. She first began her musical study at the age of 5, and played piano for two years before switching to violin. She began her violin study under Ms. Zhao Wei in 2017. She started playing in CYS with Intermediate Strings in 2021. She attended an intensive music summer camp called Music at Tateuchi in the summer of 2022. She is a very active member of Market Youth Musicians, which is a youth musician group that provides music to local Farmers’ Markets to raise money for charities, such as UNICEF. Besides music, she enjoys playing video games and dancing.