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Si-Fei Cheng (鄭希暉)

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Si-Fei Cheng (鄭希暉)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Si-Fei Cheng
  • Chinese: 鄭希暉
  • Era: -
  • Geography: 台灣台北
  • Core roles: Taiwanese American (TAH Who’s Who)
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Born in Taiwan and raised in California, violist Sifei Cheng joined the Minnesota Orchestra in 1995. He has served as Principal Viola of the Charleston Symphony, New World Symphony, and the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra. He has led sections under Michael Tilson Thomas, Alexander Schneider, Eiji Oue and Christoph Eschenbach. As a chamber music performer, Sifei has played in the Ravinia Festival, Caramoor Music Festival, Taos Chamber Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival and the New York String Seminar. Some of his past coaches include Michael Tree, Samuel Rhodes, Miriam Fried, Paul Biss, Alan de Veritch, the Tokyo String Quartet, and the American String Quartet. He has collaborated in chamber music with artists such as Joshua Bell, Pamela Frank, Alicia de Larrocha and the Shanghai String Quartet. Sifei holds a degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and studied at the Juilliard School in New York. His past teachers include Karen Tuttle, Michael Tree and William Kennedy.

Education

  • Curtis Institute of Music — 1994 — B.S. Music

Employment

  • Minnesota Orchestra — 1995-present — Section Viola
  • Charleston Symphony — principal viola
  • 紐約弦樂團 — 首席中提琴

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Timeline (from the TAH profile above)

  • Born in Taiwan, raised in California; 台灣台北
  • 1994 — B.S. Music, Curtis Institute of Music (also studied at the Juilliard School, New York)
  • 1995–present — Section viola, Minnesota Orchestra
  • Principal viola: Charleston Symphony, New World Symphony, Pacific Music Festival Orchestra; 紐約弦樂團 首席中提琴
  • Led sections under Michael Tilson Thomas, Alexander Schneider, Eiji Oue, Christoph Eschenbach
  • Festival/chamber activity: Ravinia, Caramoor, Taos Chamber Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, New York String Seminar
  • Teachers/coaches: Karen Tuttle, Michael Tree, William Kennedy, Miriam Fried, Paul Biss, Alan de Veritch, Tokyo String Quartet, American String Quartet
  • Chamber colleagues include Joshua Bell, Pamela Frank, Alicia de Larrocha, Shanghai String Quartet

References in vault

Corpus sweep 2026-09-14

Slice 09141400-15 re-sweep: same result — grep across works/ and articles/ for 鄭希暉／Si-Fei Cheng returns only the two own-source TAH work records plus the works index; no memoir or peer-community material; SKIP (nothing absorbable, no conflicts).

Slice 09142319-17 re-sweep (2026-09-15): identical — grep hits only own 361 records plus works/index; SKIP.

全庫 grep（鄭希暉／Si-Fei Cheng／Sifei Cheng）僅命中本頁兩份 TAH 出處頁 [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1270||#1270]]、[[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/musician361||#361]]（均為本人傳記之書目記錄，全文留 TAH）。vault 回忆語料無其他提及——音樂世家於美國樂壇之經歷，暂无同儕社群文獻可吸收；無新事實，無衝突需 HOLD。

Sources

Deepen pass 2026-09-15（slice deepen-x-slice-09150316-22，SKIP-with-reason）

  • 重掃 works/ + articles/：命中僅本人自有 TAH 傳記條目（均已連結）與 works/index.md，無其他 memoir／會刊提及，無可吸收之新增社群事實。

Deepen pass 2026-09-15（slice deepen-x-slice-09150400-15，SKIP-with-reason）

  • 重掃 works/ + articles/：命中仍僅本人自有 #1270／#361 傳記條目（均已連結）與 works/index.md，無其他 memoir／會刊提及，無可吸收之新增社群事實，無衝突需 HOLD。

Corpus re-check（slice deepen-x-09150500-3，2026-09-15）

語料重掃（works/ + articles/）：命中僅本人自有 TAH 書目記錄（均已連結於上）與索引頁，無其他 memoir／會刊提及——無可吸收之新增社群事實，SKIP-with-reason。

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