Zhang Shuying

Born in Liaoning province, Shuying began studying the violin with her father when she was very young. She turned to studying the viola at Music Middle School affiliated to Shenyang Conservatory of Music in 1999. She won the third prize in the Youth B Group of the First National Viola Competition in 2003. She was admitted to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2005, joined the HK Phil as a fellow of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Orchestral Fellowship Scheme in 2009, and became a member of viola section of the orchestra in 2011/12.