Daniel Ching

Miró Quartet
violin

Daniel Ching, a founding member of the Miró Quartet, began his violin studies at age three under the tutelage of his father. At age five, he entered the San Francisco Conservatory Preparatory Division on a full 12-year scholarship, where he studied violin with Serban Rusu and Zaven Melikian, and chamber music with Susan Bates. At the age of 10, Mr. Ching was first introduced to string quartets. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, he studied violin with Kathleen Winkler, Roland and Almita Vamos, and conducting with Robert Spano and Peter Jaffe. Mr. Ching completed his master’s degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with former Cleveland Quartet violinist Donald Weilerstein. He also studied recording engineering and production with Thomas Knab of Telarc, and subsequently engineered the Miró Quartet’s first promotional disc. Mr. Ching is on faculty at the Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches private violin students and coaches chamber music. He concurrently maintains an active international touring schedule as a member of the Miró Quartet.

Mr. Ching is a discerning connoisseur of all things cinematic and electronic. Before he became a busy parent, he was an avid skier and a dedicated reader of science fiction – he looks forward to returning to those passions, some day. In his free time, Mr. Ching enjoys hosting happy hours with friends and lounging at home with his wife, Sandy, their two sons, and two cats.

Sponsors: Carol Marcin and Tom Burg