Ah Ling Neu

Ah Ling Neu - born in Japan of Chinese parents, studied at the San Francisco Conservatory with Gennady Kleyman and in Holland with Nobuko Imai.  Ms. Neu’s performances throughout the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia include the Marlboro Festival, Chamber Music/West, Tanglewood, the International Musicians’ Seminar in England, the Spoleto Festival (Italy and the USA), the Schleswig-Holstein Festival in Germany, and “Chamber Music at the Y” in New York City.  A former member of the San Francisco Symphony and the Ridge String Quartet, she is presently the Principal Violist of the Brandenburg Ensemble and the Assistant Principle of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. She also performs frequently with various orchestras in New York City, including St. Lukes Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, and American Composers Orchestra. Her recent chamber music appearances include the Barge Music, the Manchester Music Festival, the North Country Chamber Players and the Bridgehampton Music Festival. In addition to teaching viola and chamber music at Columbia University, Ms. Neu, an avid chamber musician,  has participated in six Musicians from Marlboro tours and was a member of the New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble for nearly twenty years. Ms. Neu can be heard on the season’s second program.