Musician Bio

Jiangzhongnuo Eva Tao is a violinist who holds a Doctor of Music degree and a master’s degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she studied under the guidance of Professor Mark Kaplan. Originally from China, Eva earned a bachelor’s degree from the Central Conservatory in Beijing, where she was a student of Zhang Ti. She also completed a minor in Baroque violin performance, studying with Stanley Ritchie and Ingrid Matthews. Furthermore, she has had the honor of working with Victor Danchenko, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Petru Munteanu, Qian Zhou, Dong-Suk Kang, and Sungju Lee.

As a founding member of the Luft String Quartet, Eva played in the 20th Harvard College China Forum Concert, Confucius Institute Concert, and European Institute for One Belt One Road Economic and Cultural Cooperation and Development Concert. She has also participated in the Beijing Music Festival, International String Music Festival, Singapore Violin Festival, and Britt Music Festival.

As a section violinist, Eva has played with the China National Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra, and Henan Symphony Orchestra. She is also the Concertmaster of Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Associate Concertmaster of Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Principal Second Violin of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, and section violinist of Owensboro Symphony.

Eva is the Gold Prize winner of the 2024 Virtuoso International Music Awards, the Third Prize winner of the 2024 France Music Competition, and the Second Prize winner of International Mozart Competition. She is also First Prize winner of 2024 Paris International Music Competition, and 2024 Fanny Mendelssohn International Competition. She got Second Prize in 2024 Clara Schumann International Competition. She has won the Platinum Prize in categories of Professional, Best Baroque Performance, Best Concerto Performance, Best Romantic Compositions Performance, and Technical Brilliance Special Award in 2023 Best Classical Musicians Awards. She got Frist Prize in 2023 Romantic Music Competition. She also won 2023 Saint-Saëns International Music Competition, 2023 Servaas International Online Music Competition, Ma Si Cong competition, Young Violinist Competition in Beijing, and got the Second Prize in the Young Violinist Competition in Hangzhou. She was also the recipient of the China National Scholarship for two years.