Lisa Yi Dong is a cellist who has received several honors and awards for her performances, including first prize in the International American Protégé Competition in 2012. She has extensive chamber music and orchestral experience, having performed with groups such as the Pacific Youth Symphony Orchestra and NYU Prague Chamber Music Quintet. Currently, she is studying at New York University under the instruction of Jiafan Shi and Sylvia Yi-Chun Chen.

1. LISA YI DONG, CELLO
237 East 24th Street, NY, NY 10010|lyd210@stern.nyu.edu| 949.542.2811
COMPETITIONS, AWARDS, HONORS
 Capistrano International Chamber Music Festival Honors Group, performed with Fischoff 2014 winner –
Telegraph Quartet (Summer 2015)
 New York Debut Performance in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, playing Dmitri Shostakovich’s CelloConcerto
No.1 (2013)
 Chosen for the National Cello Institute Advanced Residency Program (Summer2013)
 Featured Solo Performer for Strings at Sunset, a special presentation to the community of The Salvation
Army’s Pioneer School of Music (Summer 2013)
 Soloist and Principal Cello with The Orange County School of the Arts touring throughout London and
Birmingham (Summer 2013)
 Awarded first prize of the International American Protégé Competition(2012)
 Principal and Solo Cello with the Orange County School of the Arts(2011-present)
 Featured Solo Performance of the West Coast Premiere of Michael Dougherty’s composition, Jackie’s Song
(2012)
 Awarded honors distinction with the Junior Chamber Music program.(2011)
CHAMBER, AND ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE
 New York University – Prague, Chamber Music Quintet (Fall, 2015)
 Capistrano International Chamber Music Festival (Summer 2015)
 Under the direction of Maxim Eshkenazy as a part of the Pacific Youth Symphony Orchestra, performed six
to seven times annually at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Hall(2010-2014)
 Principal Cellist, Orange County School of the Arts(2011-2014)
 Principal Cellist, The Pioneer Cello Choir(2011-2014)
 Sectionals, Masterclasses and side-by-side performances with the Pacific Symphony(2010-2014)
 Cellist, Orange County School of the Arts Chamber Music Program(2010-2014)
 Cellist, Orange County School of the Arts String Quartet,(2010-2013)
 Cellist, Junior Chamber Music Honors Quintet (2011)
 Section Cello, Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings (2007-2010)
 Annual orchestral performances in Disneyland (2006-2010)
OUTREACH/EXTRACURRICULARS
 Volunteer performances at The Salvation Army’s Homeless Shelter(2010-present)
 Volunteer performances at The Military Outreach Variety Show of San Clemente, reaching out the families of
military personnel (2013)
 Volunteer performances at The Salvation Army Tustin Ranch(2010-present)
 Volunteer performances at Orange County School of the Arts(2010-2014)
 Organized and performed at the International Salvation Army event, “The Gathering” in Pasadena, CA (2012)
 Organized and performed at the National Salvation Army Advisory Board event in San Diego, CA(2011)
 Showcase cello and interact with children at the “Kid’s station” during Pacific Symphony’s Family Concerts
held in Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall(2012-2013)
EDUCATION
New York University 2016, Spring
Jiafan Shi
2015, Spring
Sylvia Yi-Chun Chen
The Pioneer School of Music 2010-2014
Principal teacher, Sarah Koo
Private Instruction 2007-2010
Principal teachers: Wendy Liu