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Huei-Sheng Kao (高慧生)

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Huei-Sheng Kao (高慧生)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Huei-Sheng Kao
  • Chinese: 高慧生
  • Era: Birth Place
  • Geography: First year, first city and state in the U.S.
  • Core roles: Taiwanese American (TAH Who’s Who)
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

A native of Taiwan, Assistant Concertmaster Huei-Sheng Kao started violin studies at age six with private lessons and played in the BBC Children’s Orchestra in Taiwan for several years. He made his first public appearance at eight, and at the age of eleven won a national violin competition which brought him a solo appearance in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Chinese Youth Orchestra. He spent a summer at Interlochen, where he played the Wieniawski Violin Concerto. From 1971 to 1977 Mr. Kao attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Ivan Galamian and Jaime Laredo. After earning his diploma in 1977 he joined the Pittsburgh Symphony and was appointed Assistant Concertmaster in the 1979-80 season. In the spring of 1980 he appeared with the Orchestra as a subscription-concert soloist in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins. In November 1989 he performed Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with the Capetown Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Kao teaches privately. He and his wife Monica have two young children, Alexander and Caroline.

Timeline

Built from the on-page TAH bio (sources below; no new facts added):

  • Childhood, Taiwan — Began violin at age six with private lessons; played several years in the BBC Children’s Orchestra in Taiwan
  • Age 8 — First public appearance
  • Age 11 — Won a national violin competition; solo appearance in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the Chinese Youth Orchestra
  • Summer (pre-Curtis) — Attended Interlochen, played the Wieniawski Violin Concerto
  • 1971–1977 — Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia; studied with Ivan Galamian and Jaime Laredo; diploma 1977. Philadelphia Taiwanese student ties: Penn Taiwanese Student Association
  • 1977 — Joined the Pittsburgh-based Pittsburgh Symphony
  • 1979–80 season — Appointed Assistant Concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony
  • Spring 1980 — Subscription-concert soloist with the Orchestra in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins
  • November 1989 — Performed Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with the Capetown Symphony Orchestra
  • Since — Teaches privately; family: wife Monica, children Alexander and Caroline

Education

  • Curtis Institute of Music — 1977 — Musice

Employment

  • Pittsburgh Symphony — 1977- — Assistant Concertmaster

Family

  • Wife: Monica
  • Son: Alexander Kao
  • Daughter: Caroline Kao

Sources

Connected in the Vault

  • Mr. Kao has been based in Pittsburgh since joining the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1977; the vault holds a page for that city’s Taiwanese-American community organization, |Taiwanese Association of America, Pittsburgh (context only — membership is not stated in his TAH profile).
  • |TAH Foundation
  • |taiwaneseamericanhistory.org
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/129-huei-sheng-kao-e9-ab-98-e6-85-a7-e7-94-9f-violinist-201502||TAH #129: Huei-Sheng Kao, Violinist (2015/02)]]
  • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/242-huei-sheng-kao-e9-ab-98-e6-85-a7-e7-94-9f-201502||TAH #242: Huei-Sheng Kao 高慧生 (2015/02)]]
  • |TAHS

Vault re-check 2026-09-14 (deepen-x slice 09132337-3, vault-only)

  • Wikilink targets verified: Taiwanese Association of America Pittsburgh, Penn Taiwanese Student Association, and both TAH #129 / #242 work pages.
  • Curtis Institute of Music, the BBC Children’s Orchestra, Chinese Youth Orchestra, Interlochen and the Capetown / Pittsburgh orchestras named in his bio have no vault pages; no new pages created. His cited encyclopedia records are bibliographic-only in the vault, so no further facts were absorbable without web. No web used, nothing published.
  • Re-verified 2026-09-14 (deepen-x slice 09140741-2): page already carries the vault-only deepen pass; state confirmed on disk, no further absorbable vault facts.

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