MingHuan is a Canadian violinist of Chinese origin.  She is a multi-faceted performer with unique communicative abilities and has delighted audiences with her passion, incredible technique, sensitivity, and charisma.  Her versatility allows her to perform an eclectic mix of musical styles ranging from the standard works to avant-garde contemporary repertoire.  She has performed extensively as a concerto soloist, duo-recitalist and chamber musician, all across China, Europe, North America and South America.

At the age of 18, she made her New York debut as a soloist with the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra, and since then has performed with orchestras such as the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, the Manchester Symphony Orchestra, the Midland-Odessa Symphony Orchestra,  the Lakeshore Symphony Orchestra, the Northshore Chamber Orchestra and the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra. 
MingHuan’s latest recital and chamber music performances have brought her to Carnegie-Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Symphony Space and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.  She has worked with such chamber musicians as Colin Carr, Eugene Drucker, Ilya Kaler, Ani Kavafian Meng-Chieh Liu, and the St. Petersburg String Quartet.  She also tours extensively as a part of Duo Diorama with her husband, pianist Winston Choi.  Her numerous performances have included live radio broadcasts on National Public Radio (NPR) and CBC Radio.  She was featured on Voice of America, a weekly magazine show viewed by millions of people in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Her 2007-8 season includes recital tours of British Columbia and Ontario.
As a champion of contemporary music MingHuan plays both the works of established masters and emerging young composers.  In the last two years, she has premiered over 20 works by composers such as George Flynn, Felipe Lara, M. William Karlins, Daniel Weymouth, Amy Williams, Jay Alan Yim, and Mischa Zupko.
At the age of six, MingHuan made her recital debut in Beijing and at the age of eleven, she won the 1st Prize at the Beijing Young Artists Competition.  Her many competition successes also include being winner of Artists International Presentations Auditions, grand prize winner of the International Young Artist Competition of Midland-Odessa, and a finalist of the Concert Artist Guild competition in New York.

MingHuan’s previous studies were at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, and Northwestern University. Her principal teachers were Julia Bushkova, Victor Danchenko, Almita Vamos and Roland Vamos. Currently she is working with Pamela Frank, Ani Kavafian, and Phil Setzer in the doctoral program at Stony Brook University.  MingHuan plays on a 1758 Nicolas Gagliano violin.