MING TSU, piano, is widely recognized as a soloist, collaborative artist and teacher. She has concertized in Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada and the United States, and her performances have been broadcast on German National Radio as well as on over 40 stations throughout the United States. She joined Southwest Chamber Music in 2003 and since then has recorded with the ensemble the complete chamber works for piano and strings by Carlos Chávez as well as chamber music by Chinary Ung for Cambria Master Recordings. 

Ming’s affinity to contemporary music has led to performances at the renowned Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, the Brandenburgisches Colloquium für Neue Musik in Berlin, the Contemporary Group in Seattle, the Aurage New Music Ensemble in Calgary, and many others. She has collaborated with composers such as György Kurtág, Morton Subotnick, William Kraft, Henri Lazarof, Joan Huang, Eric Flesher and Patricio Da Silva.

Ming has served on the piano faculty at Pacific Lutheran University and Music Academy Northwest in Seattle, and has given master classes in the U.S. and abroad. In the summer she teaches a ten-day master class for aspiring pianists at the Beverly Hills International Music Festival.

Southwest Chamber Music Players
Jim Foschia, clarinet
Lorenz Gamma, violin
Peter Jacobson, cello
Lawrence Kaplan, flute
Jan Karlin, viola
Tom Peters, double bass
Ming Tsu, piano
Shalini Vijayan, violin
Lynn Vartan, percussion
Jeff von der Schmidt,
Conductor & Artistic Director