As a solo violinist, Yirong Tang was awarded Prizes in “The International North Competition” of 2023 and 2021, “The American Prize in Instrumental Performance” in 2022, and the First Prize in the “UNT Chamber Music Competition” in 2017. Ms. Tang started violin training at age 4. Her primary teachers include Prof. CHAI Liang, the director of the strings department at the Central Conservatory of Music in China, Prof. CHENG Ya-Wei of Renmin University of China, Prof. HUANG Xiao-Shao of the Central Conservatory of Music in China, and Prof. YANG Ge-Fang of the Central Conservatory of Music in China. By being admitted into the Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival of 2020 & 2022, Montecito Music Festival 2023, the Texas Music Festival of 2020, the PRISMA Music Festival of 2020, and the Online Solo String Intensive of 2020, Ms. Tang has worked and performed with Andrés Cárdenes, Arturo Delmoni, Cynthia Roberts, Danwen Jiang, Gary Levinson (Dallas Symphony Orchestra), Filip Fenrych (Dallas Symphony Orchestra), Yuriy Bekker, Annie Fullard (Cavani String Quartet), etc. She also actively plays in several orchestras in the DFW area, such as the Dallas Bach Society, McKinney Philharmonic Orchestra, Abilene Philharmonic, and Monroe Symphony Orchestra, while serving as the Concertmaster and the principle violinist for University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, and the University of North Texas Baroque Orchestra. As a recipient of the Dean Scholarship, Ms. Tang has accomplished her Graduate Artist Certificate in 2018 and Master’s Degree in 2020 at University of North Texas. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate (ABD) majoring in violin performance at the University of North Texas with Prof. Philip Lewis. She earned her Bachelor Degree from Renmin University of China in 2016. She had worked as the Associate Professor at the School of Music of Qiongtai Normal University in 2024. She now plays a 1850 Joseph Antonius Rocca violin.