AUDREY CHEN, CELLO

Praised for her “lyricism of dramatic intensity” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and “longevity of phrasing” (Boston Musical Intelligencer), Washington state native and cellist Audrey Chen has performed in venues across the globe including Carnegie Hall, Sumitomolife Izumi Hall, Melbourne Recital Center, Royal Albert Hall, and Wigmore Hall. Audrey performs most actively as the cellist of the international prize-winning Terra String Quartet, the current Fellowship Quartet-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music. Outside of the quartet, she has soloed with the Seattle Symphony and the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and performs frequently as a guest artist with the Jupiter Chamber Players.

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Audrey has been featured at chamber music festivals including Yellowbarn, Olympic Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Four Seasons Chamber Music, Perlman Music Program, Tanglewood Music Center, Taos Music School, and Sarasota Music Festival. She received her B.A. in Molecular Biology from Harvard University and a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory, where her teachers included Laurence Lesser and Lluis Claret. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the CUNY Graduate Center under Marcy Rosen while teaching chamber music at CUNY Hunter College. On account of her graduate studies, she was named a 2022 recipient of the prestigious Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Outside of music, Audrey enjoys watching films and doing jigsaw puzzles.

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Updated May 2025