{"id":7515,"date":"2024-08-29T17:12:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T15:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparebankstiftelsen.no\/en\/?post_type=musician&#038;p=7515"},"modified":"2024-12-11T18:41:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T17:41:41","slug":"sara-chen","status":"publish","type":"musician","link":"https:\/\/sparebankstiftelsen.no\/en\/musicians\/sara-chen\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Chen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Sara Chen (born 1990)<\/strong> began her musical journey at the age of 5 with piano lessons from Syn\u00f8ve L\u00f8chen, before following in the footsteps of her father and sister and taking up the violin. By the age of 7, she was already a soloist, performing with the B\u00e6rum Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has played as a soloist with several symphony orchestras both in Norway and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, she earned her Master&#8217;s degree in Music Performance from the Munich University of Music and Theatre under the guidance of Professor Christoph Poppen. From 2011 to 2014, she pursued a Performer&#8217;s Diploma at the renowned Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, studying with Professor Mauricio Fuks. She completed her Bachelor&#8217;s degree at the Barratt Due Institute of Music, where she studied with Professor Stephan Barratt-Due.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently based in Norway, Sara works as a freelance musician. 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