Participant
Megan Yip
Cello
A participant in the 2024 Naumburg International Cello Competition.
Biography supplied for the 2024 competition.
Megan Yip engages globally as a performer and educator. She made her solo orchestral debut at age 14 with the Oregon Sinfonietta and continues to perform internationally and throughout the United States in major venues including Helsinki Music Center, Berwaldhallen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Jordan Hall, David Geffen Hall, and Hill Auditorium. Recent performances include concerts with Pacifica Quartet and James Ehnes. She won Second Prize and Audience Prize at the 2023 Schadt Competition.
She is recognized for her solo and ensemble work and has been additionally featured in Strad Magazine. She was a member of Grammy-nominated Yale Cellos, and is guest artist with Versoi Ensemble, a collaborative collective of American and Finnish artists as agents of cultural diplomacy. Chamber music performances include Yellow Barn, Missouri River Festival of the Arts, Prussia Cove, Musique de Chambre à Giverny, and Thy Chamber Music. In collaboration with the Duderstadt Video Studio at University of Michigan, Megan released a recording of York Bowen’s Cello Sonata and continues to champion undervalued repertoire through multiple recording projects.
A dedicated educator, Megan teaches undergraduates and pre-college at University of Michigan and is on cello faculty at Indiana Summer String Academy. She previously taught undergraduates at Yale College and as cello faculty for New England Conservatory’s Summer Orchestral Institute. She has been invited to give masterclasses at The Juilliard School, San Francisco Conservatory, University of Michigan, Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and Elly Bašić School of Music in Zagreb, Croatia.
In 2021, Megan won a Fulbright Scholar Award to Freiburg, Germany to study the 12 Sacher pieces for solo cello. She holds advanced degrees from Yale School of Music and The Juilliard School, and former teachers include Jean-Guihen Queyras, Richard Aaron, and Paul Watkins. She is a candidate in the doctoral program at University of Michigan.
