Born in Shanghai, Vera (Weiling) Tsu studied the violin with her father, a well known teacher, and at the Beijing Conservatory. Here she attracted the attention of Isaac Stern, appearing in his film From Mao to Mozart, Seiji Ozawa and Yehudi menuhin, the last of whom sponsored her study in Switzerland. In 1980 she entered the Juilliard School of Music in new York, where she studied with Dorothy Delay and Rafael Bronstein, winning first prize in the Manoque International Young Artist Competition in 1981 and later the Waldo Mayo Talent Award and the Artists International Competition. Her career has brought recitals and appearances as a soloist in the United States, in Europe and in China, with a notable solo recital in Paris in 1993 in a gala concert at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees for the Legion d'Honneur. In the same year she moved to Hong Kong as First Associate Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Repertoire or Discography Chen, Gang / He, Zhanhao: 'Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto
-Tsu, violin
-Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
-Cao, Conductor
8.223960 Hung Hu / The Butterfly Lovers / River of Sorrow (Vera Tsu) - Timing: 28:53
A Ke, Jian: 'Hung Hu' Violin Concerto
-Tsu, violin
-Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
-Cao, Conductor
8.223960 Hung Hu / The Butterfly Lovers / River of Sorrow (Vera Tsu) - Timing: 16:45
Ren, Guang: Colourful Clouds
-Tsu, violin
-Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
-Cao, Conductor
8.225906 Dreaming of My Motherland - Timing: 07:23
Ren, Guang: Singing The Night Among Fishing Boats
-Tsu, violin
-Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
-Cao, Conductor
8.225906 Dreaming of My Motherland - Timing: 06:57
Li, Huan Zhi: Spring Festival Overture
-Tsu, violin
-Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
-Cao, Conductor
8.225906 Dreaming of My Motherland - Timing: 03:05
Goldmark, Karl: Violin Concert in A minor
-Tsu, violin
-Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
-Yu, Conductor
8.225908 KORNGOLD / GOLDMARK: Violin Concertos - Timing: 7'40
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Violin Concerto in D major
-Tsu, violin
-Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
-Yu, Conductor
8.225908 KORNGOLD / GOLDMARK: Violin Concertos - Timing: 9'27
Li, Huan Zhi: Spring Festival Overture
-Tsu, violin
8.225911 The Hall of Fame - Timing: 03:06
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Violin Concerto in D Major I. Moderato mobile
-Tsu, violin
-Yu, Conductor
8.225911 The Hall of Fame - Timing: 09:30
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang: Violin Concerto, D-major, Op.35
-Tsu, violin
-Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
-Yu, Conductor
8.553579 KORNGOLD / GOLDMARK : Violin Concertos - Timing: 25:05
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Chen, Gang / He, Zhanhao: 'Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto
-Tsu, violin
-Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
-Cao, Conductor
8.223960 Hung Hu / The Butterfly Lovers / River of Sorrow (Vera Tsu) - Timing: 28:53
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Ren, Guang: Colourful Clouds
-Tsu, violin
-Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
-Cao, Conductor
8.225906 Dreaming of My Motherland - Timing: 07:23
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Goldmark, Karl: Violin Concert in A minor
-Tsu, violin
-Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
-Yu, Conductor
8.225908 KORNGOLD / GOLDMARK: Violin Concertos - Timing: 7'40
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